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Date:      Fri, 23 May 2014 17:32:53 -0600
From:      Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org>
Cc:        svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org>, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r266553 - head/release/scripts
Message-ID:  <D8D84658-1342-4A95-80FA-54963E49C56C@gmail.com>
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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On May 23, 2014, at 9:52 AM, Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> =
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.

What is not present? I=92ve explained this many times. All examples that =
I=92ve seen offered are the result of bugs, or are for unsupported =
configurations.

>> 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.

I=92m putting my hand up.

Warner




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