Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 20:28:40 -0800 (PST) From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/mk sys.mk Message-ID: <200102210428.f1L4Se482578@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0102211415050.25100-100000@besplex.bde.org> from Bruce Evans at "Feb 21, 2001 02:31:17 pm"
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Bruce Evans wrote: > On Tue, 20 Feb 2001, Warner Losh wrote: > >> In message <200102200837.f1K8bpj89576@freefall.freebsd.org> Kris Kennaway writes: >> : We now set up the reasonable default for i386 and alpha here -- given this >> : it probably makes sense to remove the corresponding code from make(1). >> >> Probably not. We really do not want to pollute sys.mk with any more >> variables than we absolutely have to. It is included for all >> Makefiles on the system, not just the ones to build the system. >> Adding things there can cause problems elsewhere. > > But polluting make(1) is almost equivalent to polluting sys.mk. The > pollution is just easier to implement and harder to remove in make(1). > > I have changed my mind a bit about this. MACHINE_CPU is not (yet?) nearly > as fundamental as the other MACHINE_* variables. It is currently just > a build option for libcrypto, so it could be handled like other build > options. > libgmp (if updated to the neest release) can use a MACHINE_CPUi variable. Although I should note that Kris wants (has expressed a desire) to remove libgmp from the base tree. -- Steve To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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