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Date:      Fri, 4 Sep 1998 15:51:45 +1000 (EST)
From:      John Birrell  <jb@cimlogic.com.au>
To:        doconnor@gsoft.com.au (Daniel O'Connor)
Cc:        jb@cimlogic.com.au, ports@hub.freebsd.org, asami@hub.freebsd.org, jkoshy@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Ports with asm files
Message-ID:  <199809040551.PAA04860@cimlogic.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.980904150426.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> from Daniel O'Connor at "Sep 4, 98 03:04:26 pm"

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Daniel O'Connor wrote:
> Thats not the point. If you don't have x86 don't use the port, but since x86
> are changing from aout to elf, then it IS a problem. The x86 centric thing
> isn't really a problem. (Until the Alpha port is done anyway :)

The alpha port will never be done until things like this are addressed.
If people are going to the trouble of addressing file formats (aout vs elf),
it's not such a big ask for them to address the architecture issues too.
To update ports, we're supposed to contact the maintainer. That is what
I was doing.

[ People should remember that 3.0 is not just i386 now ]

-- 
John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org http://www.cimlogic.com.au/
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