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On Sat, 2004-07-31 at 13:33 -0400, Ned Ludd wrote: |
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> Would anybody object to making the default PKGDIR be |
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> $PORTDIR/packages/$CHOST ? |
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Notwithstanding the technical discussion about variable substitution |
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which followed, I would note that most other distros use put the |
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architecture in the package filename itself. If we were to do that, it |
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would equally prevent collisions, but also have the benefit of at file |
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level preventing grabbing the wrong package, etc. |
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[Debian isn't all bad. Their filenames attach semantic differences to _ |
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and . characters] |
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package_version_arch.tbz2 |
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openoffice-ximian_1.1.60-r3_pentium3.tbz2 |
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[And note, I actually think the argument we all tend to use to -march in |
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CFLAGS is, in Gentoo's world, the relevant "architecture"] |
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AfC |
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Sydney |
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Andrew Frederick Cowie |
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