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From: Bernd Steinhauser <gentoo@×××××××××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Keyword amd64 -> x86_64
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:12:40
Message-Id: 47C73FD3.5060908@bernd-steinhauser.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Keyword amd64 -> x86_64 by Fabian Groffen
1 Fabian Groffen schrieb:
2 > Though, if for instance amd64-fbsd would be introduced,
3 Will that happen? (Asking because I might be interested in testing such
4 a setup.)
5
6 > I think this keyword should have something more generic arch instead, like
7 > the x64 we use in prefix now
8
9 Wouldn't it be more clean if it is amd64 just like the Linux one?
10 Because the
11 arch basically is the same. I think that
12 amd64(-linux) -- x86_64-fbsd
13 x86(-linux) -- x86-fbsd
14
15 would be more confusing than
16 amd64(-linux) -- amd64-fbsd
17 x86(-linux) -- x86-fbsd
18
19 Bernd
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Keyword amd64 -> x86_64 Ben de Groot <yngwin@g.o>