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From: "Scot Hetzel" <swhetzel@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Is it safe to use CPUTYPE?=native on 7.0 ?
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On 12/16/07, Pete French <petefrench@ticketswitch.com> wrote:
> > While setting CPUTYPE=native in /etc/make.conf may work, it fails to
> > set MACHINE_CPU to the correct values for your processor type.
> >
> > The problem is that bsd.cpu.mk doesn't know how to handle CPU type 'native'.
>
> Ah, O.K. - thats the kind of thing I was worried about...
>
> > There is a simple fix for this problem by applying the attached patch
> > which uses:
>
> Great, thanks. Out of curiosity, how come this patch isn't in 7.0 ?
>
PR 112997 was submitted to resolve this problem:

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=112997

it just didn't have enough attention to get someone interested in committing it.

Scot