From owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Mon Nov 2 14:50:20 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0397453CE0 for ; Mon, 2 Nov 2020 14:50:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bapt@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (mailman.nyi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::50:13]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CPwnS4lG6z4cjf for ; Mon, 2 Nov 2020 14:50:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bapt@FreeBSD.org) Received: by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) id A115E453CDF; Mon, 2 Nov 2020 14:50:20 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: ports@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0D1E453FA2 for ; Mon, 2 Nov 2020 14:50:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bapt@FreeBSD.org) Received: from smtp.freebsd.org (smtp.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::24b:4]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.freebsd.org", Issuer "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4CPwnS3j98z4cgT; Mon, 2 Nov 2020 14:50:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bapt@FreeBSD.org) Received: from ivaldir.etoilebsd.net (etoilebsd.net [178.32.217.76]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: bapt) by smtp.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4A9DC2F86D; Mon, 2 Nov 2020 14:50:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bapt@FreeBSD.org) Received: by ivaldir.etoilebsd.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id AB0ADC18A9; Mon, 2 Nov 2020 15:50:18 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2020 15:50:18 +0100 From: Baptiste Daroussin To: Stefan Esser Cc: Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org>, "ports@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: What are the benefits of NO_ARCH? Message-ID: <20201102145018.6jsnumr26feffvgn@ivaldir.net> References: <823586a7-dfd7-55b2-a7d3-0775a1f2533f@FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="jdi47jklchbtogy7" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.33 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2020 14:50:20 -0000 --jdi47jklchbtogy7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Nov 02, 2020 at 03:48:34PM +0100, Stefan Esser wrote: > Am 02.11.20 um 15:33 schrieb Mateusz Piotrowski: > > Hi ports@, > >=20 > > I wonder if setting NO_ARCH=3Dyes brings any significant benefits to how > > our ports collection works. I'd be grateful if you could shed some light > > on the importance of setting NO_ARCH whenever possible. >=20 > NO_ARCH means that there is no need to build packages for each of the > supported architectures, e.g. for pure interpreted scripts or data files > that do not depend on byte-order and word-size (e.g. many font file > formats). >=20 > The result is reduced resources spent on building the packages, network > traffic, disk space on mirrors and on distribution media. >=20 > Regards, STefan Yes that is the goal, in practice it is not yet the case, so it is purely informational, but that what we are aiming at yes. Best regards, bapt --jdi47jklchbtogy7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCAAdFiEEgOTj3suS2urGXVU3Y4mL3PG3PloFAl+gHKgACgkQY4mL3PG3 PloAyRAAsgH3lj+dNxqxVNi2EHLuvatuuyWxldiDHuu1yuGmdN3V6tUDvvBzrndS dfi5EL1FB6iSHaZI6/qNGAidR3erLlnA+kWlRw0kFtv15718JAuqD+3DWzTEKtZM JwoLZjR/MYv4vmbUgGKG0adKJSBefJSlzaagae4QDMw+hLExm59iET8BNMXKw6bg cTU2l48zSrhaugBKSG7/b0cMBSWmDClRh+cPRq4ZDsGFCsa8yDaK+Gbbndqzv1YJ DV//qpFlO8YukGln5ie5hz1iR5M75tP752iJH+BRtpZ26T4nbQR/YcwloCgoCTCc l7cVT8NtWlq15HKejTBt5FMO+rkqUHA0C5znWAacrjli7dyeGcnogyeVKL+Z41J8 ZbdpxKdMUyTkJgx2Rk6nKzwT73tST/bOhSgQcc8ezgplGU+cG6AFpMF/SkY4eF8B Mw8bed1CXhfY2egb7src+gIdJSO9Y8kOXy4iNwNitbxHLWc3K9VM+EavKIUDeqWb tJiwPtzoTs6cnHUaqmpWChfpk8YUxShbjyF8y/CWicIWnqdErhGsTLTm9RvtXGuX +JUEcBa+ueBq9SyEgQO+hakRaKzJjWc5L1H2gwlFbFCRFw8chop7xPqiNGcMS8/e dxvMBYULVwCwtR6wgzGO3fK25sbyVnyyK8gTq3AkA6T+8UVmwUg= =d/eH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --jdi47jklchbtogy7--