Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 09:57:19 +0200 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> To: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> Cc: mi@aldan.algebra.com, arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [Call for *quick* review] architecture-specific manpages Message-ID: <20010216095719.F2869@sunbay.com> In-Reply-To: <3A8C4C02.D8300939@FreeBSD.org>; from sobomax@FreeBSD.org on Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 11:37:06PM %2B0200 References: <200102152119.f1FLJ6v10117@misha.privatelabs.com> <3A8C4C02.D8300939@FreeBSD.org>
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On Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 11:37:06PM +0200, Maxim Sobolev wrote: > mi@aldan.algebra.com wrote: > > > On 15 Feb, Maxim Sobolev wrote: > > [...] > > = Why not to use HW_MACHINE mib to get current arch, so it would just work [tm] w/o the > > = need to define MACHINE env variable? > > > > Because I may be interested in the man page for one architecture while > > working on the other? There should be a command line option for that > > too, IMHO... > > Please read my message again. I have not implied that detection of > MACHINE env variable should be removed. I only noted that value > returned by the HW_MACHINE mib is to be used when no MACHINE env > variable is defined. > ``machine = MACHINE'' line in the patch will use the value defined in <machine/param.h>. This is faster than looking for hw.machine. Cheers, -- Ruslan Ermilov Oracle Developer/DBA, ru@sunbay.com Sunbay Software AG, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer, +380.652.512.251 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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