Date: Fri, 23 May 2014 18:20:20 +0200 From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> To: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@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: <20140523162020.GG72340@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> In-Reply-To: <537F6EBC.3080008@freebsd.org> References: <201405221922.s4MJM4Y9025265@svn.freebsd.org> <537F6706.6070509@freebsd.org> <20140523153619.GF72340@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> <537F6EBC.3080008@freebsd.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 08:52:28AM -0700, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: > 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 just simple examples in armv6: - eabi vs oabi - The different float abi (even if only one is supported for now others are being worked on) - little endian vs big endian the extras flexibilit is being able to say this binary do support freebsd i386 and amd64 in one key, freebsd:9:x86:*, or or all arches freebsd:10:* regards, Bapt [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAlN/dUQACgkQ8kTtMUmk6Eyk6gCfUQMn/SJJYKW0+3IQGTEDsSlg o38AoLt6koQisAcV7cnF0BoXUhIqU233 =iaZc -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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