Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2020 11:57:09 +0000 (UTC) From: Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r54671 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/porting-dads Message-ID: <202011031157.0A3Bv9ef037916@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: 0mp Date: Tue Nov 3 11:57:09 2020 New Revision: 54671 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/54671 Log: Note that NO_ARCH is not fully utilized by our infrastructure yet Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/porting-dads/chapter.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/porting-dads/chapter.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/porting-dads/chapter.xml Mon Nov 2 22:19:48 2020 (r54670) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/porting-dads/chapter.xml Tue Nov 3 11:57:09 2020 (r54671) @@ -546,6 +546,18 @@ cc -o someprogram source1.o source2.o -L/usr/local/lib <para>Ports that do not have any architecture-dependent files or requirements are identified by setting <literal>NO_ARCH=yes</literal>.</para> + + <note> + <para><literal>NO_ARCH</literal> is meant to indicate + that there is no need to build a package for each of the + supported architectures. The goal is to reduce the amount + of resources spent on building and distributing the packages + such as network bandwidth and disk space on mirrors + and on distribution media. Currently, however, + our package infrastructure (e.g., package managers, mirrors, + and package builders) is not set up to fully benefit from + <literal>NO_ARCH</literal>.</para> + </note> </sect2> <sect2 xml:id="dads-arch-ignore">
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