Date: Fri, 23 May 2014 08:52:28 -0700 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> Cc: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org>, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r266553 - head/release/scripts Message-ID: <537F6EBC.3080008@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20140523153619.GF72340@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> References: <201405221922.s4MJM4Y9025265@svn.freebsd.org> <537F6706.6070509@freebsd.org> <20140523153619.GF72340@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net>
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On 05/23/14 08:36, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: > On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 08:19:34AM -0700, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: >> Is there any chance of finally switching the pkg abi identifiers to just >> be uname -p? >> -Nathan > Keeping asking won't make it happen, I have explained a large number of time why it > happened, why it is not easy for compatibility and why uname -p is still not > representing the ABI we do support, and what flexibility we need that the > current string offers to us. > > if one is willing to do the work, please be my guess, just dig into the archives > and join the pkg development otherwise: no it won't happen before a while > because we have way too much work on the todo and this item is stored at the > very end of this todo. > > regards, > Bapt I'm happy to do the work, and have volunteered now many times. If uname -p does not describe the ABI fully, then uname -p needs changes on the relevant platforms. Which are they? What extra flexibility does the string give you if uname -p describes the ABI completely? -Nathan
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