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Date:      Mon, 2 Nov 2020 15:50:18 +0100
From:      Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Stefan Esser <se@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org>, "ports@freebsd.org" <ports@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: What are the benefits of NO_ARCH?
Message-ID:  <20201102145018.6jsnumr26feffvgn@ivaldir.net>
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On Mon, Nov 02, 2020 at 03:48:34PM +0100, Stefan Esser wrote:
> Am 02.11.20 um 15:33 schrieb Mateusz Piotrowski:
> > Hi ports@,
> >=20
> > I wonder if setting NO_ARCH=3Dyes brings any significant benefits to how
> > our ports collection works. I'd be grateful if you could shed some light
> > on the importance of setting NO_ARCH whenever possible.
>=20
> NO_ARCH means that there is no need to build packages for each of the
> supported architectures, e.g. for pure interpreted scripts or data files
> that do not depend on byte-order and word-size (e.g. many font file
> formats).
>=20
> The result is reduced resources spent on building the packages, network
> traffic, disk space on mirrors and on distribution media.
>=20
> Regards, STefan


Yes that is the goal, in practice it is not yet the case, so it is purely
informational, but that what we are aiming at yes.

Best regards,
bapt

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