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On Wednesday 10 March 2004 00:45, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> On Tue, 9 Mar 2004 12:47:26 +0900 Jason Stubbs <jstubbs@g.o> |
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> wrote: |
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> | Of course, this idea is based on dropping ~arch and arch altogether. I |
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> | don't have a non-x86 arch (yet!) but as far as I know most software |
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> | will work with no modification. |
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> Uhm, not really. I think you should get a non-x86/amd64 box before you |
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> make that kind of statement, preferably of the non-PCI variety. I |
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> suggest either sun4m or mips. |
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For the benefit of others, here's a discussion between myself and Ciaran that |
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followed this email: |
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[00:55:26] <jstubbs> ciaranm: are the "alt" archs really so sensitive? i would |
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think that 99% of software outside sys-apps would work with no problems.. |
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[00:55:36] <ciaranm> jstubbs: more like 50% |
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[00:55:53] <jstubbs> ciaranm: really.. ah, well. that kills my 'solution'. |
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[00:56:20] <ciaranm> jstubbs: heck, even some things which look like they |
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can't possibly break don't work without patching |
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[00:57:24] <jstubbs> ciaranm: still, perhaps maintiaining a per-arch |
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package.mask would be easier than what is essentially a distributed per-arch |
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package.unmask.. |
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[00:57:34] <ciaranm> jstubbs: no way dude |
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[00:57:55] <ciaranm> jstubbs: you might as well say the same about everything |
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[00:58:27] <ciaranm> jstubbs: use cascading profiles, have, say, a |
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sparc-netbsd-uclib profile, and just use package.mask there, and abolish all |
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kinds of keywording |
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[00:58:31] <ciaranm> jstubbs: it'd be a nightmare to maintain |
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[01:00:53] <jstubbs> ciaranm: i didn't think of that, but my first instinct is |
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that it would be easier to maintain with your, erm, suggestion.. i'll ponder |
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it further before continuing, though. |
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[01:01:23] <ciaranm> jstubbs: you like maintaining text files with several |
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thousand entries? |
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[01:01:42] <ciaranm> jstubbs: and how would you do change control with just |
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one big file? |
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It's given me more ideas (for what they're worth) but I'd like to know more |
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about the other archs before making a further fool of myself. ;) |
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For the non-x86 architectures that you (=anybody) own, what percentage of |
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software would you say requires patching? |
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Regards, |
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Jason Stubbs |
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