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Date:      Sat, 25 Aug 2012 17:12:28 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@pfeifer.com>
To:        Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>, Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com>
Cc:        anders@FreeBSD.org, brooks@FreeBSD.org, kde@FreeBSD.org, flz@FreeBSD.org, gecko@FreeBSD.org, ler@lerctr.org, yds@CoolRat.org, ashish@FreeBSD.org, ehaupt@FreeBSD.org, cy@FreeBSD.org, gnome@FreeBSD.org, bra@fsn.hu, "Mikhail T." <mi+thun@aldan.algebra.com>, office@FreeBSD.org, gerald@FreeBSD.org, mi@aldan.algebra.com, ale@FreeBSD.org, python@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: [linimon@FreeBSD.org: ports/170946: [patch] mark certain ports broken on ARM]
Message-ID:  <alpine.LNX.2.00.1208251705530.5727@ghan.fvgr>
In-Reply-To: <CAF6rxgntLd%2BFAM_KGjkKzZOmhvdaOEXJg4YL1b7yYrCYgpx=0w@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 23 Aug 2012, Mark Linimon wrote:
> FYI, I would like your approval on these (just the commit of BROKEN; I
> do not expect you to try to fix them).
>
> gerald@FreeBSD.org    lang/gcc42

For lang/gcc42 I just added arm to NOT_FOR_ARCHS.

On Thu, 23 Aug 2012, Eitan Adler wrote:
> NOT and ONLY are meant for ports which by definition will never work
> another arch (think x86info).  In this case the ports are just broken.

I think in case of an old version of some software NOT_FOR_ARCHS
can also be valid, especially if the problem goes deeper (and it
has been addressed in a newer version/newer port that is available).

Gerald



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