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Hi all, |
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In the Prefix project we support a bunch of Linux and non-Linux |
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platforms, for which we use GLEP53-style[1] keywords. The current list |
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of keywords known in Prefix are (in no particular order): |
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ppc-aix |
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x86-freebsd |
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ia64-hpux |
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hppa-hpux |
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x86-interix |
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mips-irix |
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amd64-linux |
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x86-linux |
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ppc-macos |
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x86-macos |
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x86-netbsd |
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ppc-openbsd |
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x86-openbsd |
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x64-openbsd |
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sparc-solaris |
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sparc64-solaris |
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x64-solaris |
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x86-solaris |
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x86-winnt |
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Most notably, in Prefix all keywords are full GLEP53 style, which |
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results in e.g. amd64-linux. We did this on purpose, because in Prefix |
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we don't necessarily are on Gentoo Linux. We also chose to expand fbsd, |
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nbsd and obsd to their long variants, mainly because the short variants |
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might clash in the future, for e.g. OpenBSD, OliveBSD or PicoBSD, |
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polyBSD or DragonflyBSD, DesktopBSD. (At some point we were a bit |
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over-enthausiastic.) |
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I would like to hear some opinions on the keywords in general, as well |
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as the particular problem of having Gentoo Linux, and a Linux supported |
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by Gentoo Prefix. Right now there is just the difference of "-linux" |
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appended, however this is not the clearest distinction between the two. |
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Perhaps using KEYWORDS for Prefix keywords is not the best thing to do, |
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and should we use something like PREFIX_KEYWORDS? |
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[1] http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/glep/glep-0053.html |
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Fabian Groffen |
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Gentoo on a different level |
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