Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2022 14:27:38 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@leidinger.net> To: Felix Palmen <felix@palmen-it.de> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ARCH restriction for port of closed-source Linux software, looking for opinions Message-ID: <20220726142738.Horde.VNZcCSvnNr1IEqIYVAyOg1h@webmail.leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <20220726102554.tvjus2e4zu5olzaw@nexus.home.palmen-it.de>
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This message is in MIME format and has been PGP signed. --=_PJU6aUTKzdKxrDrdkcQMKRV Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; DelSp=Yes Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Quoting Felix Palmen <felix@palmen-it.de> (from Tue, 26 Jul 2022=20=20 12:25:54=20+0200): > Case in question is, once again, multimedia/makemkv. > > For a long time, the distfiles contained binaries of the closed-source > part for amd64 and i386 only, so naturally, the port had > > ONLY_FOR_ARCHS=3D amd64 i386 > > Now, upstream started adding binaries for armv7 and aarch64. From these, > Linuxulator is only available on aarch64. Therefore the variable now > looks like this: > > ONLY_FOR_ARCHS=3D aarch64 amd64 i386 > > This is, of course, exactly the default that USES=3Dlinux would set > anyways. Now I'm unsure whether I should just drop it and go with the > default? > > Pro: It's actually the availability of Linuxulator that results in the > narrowest restriction now. > > Con: The upstream software *is* restricted regarding ARCHs and maybe > this should stay being reflected. > > What would you think is the better way to go? There is work underway to port the linuxulator to other=20=20 architecture(s).=20I would suggest to keep the ONLY_FOR_ARCHS in the port. Bye, Alexander. --=20 http://www.Leidinger.net=20Alexander@Leidinger.net: PGP 0x8F31830F9F2772BF http://www.FreeBSD.org netchild@FreeBSD.org : PGP 0x8F31830F9F2772BF --=_PJU6aUTKzdKxrDrdkcQMKRV Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: Digitale PGP-Signatur Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIzBAABCAAdFiEER9UlYXp1PSd08nWXEg2wmwP42IYFAmLf3boACgkQEg2wmwP4 2IZ7qg//fc8rF7yeKjOqNh+8AXbpN1XbBluge+gSKx1MYny8Cv+aH1pz6l5e1gnt Wac5SnacYvzbyJY1JNzI5QIZVAB5gKxVusMxGZeidIRrx081Qhz5ekmnfYXx+u2k MHTqqY1YW2pHYFV+8u9tqXfoU/ixsDMyGgXDaCEVyapUEZqn8DsBHLLLIGzvMogy mV1+2eYSxods73GsMWTO/8k92NvRijp86mYFW3WvSVg36mxRnhamOeJqHqko3Slk hOfyM0M6IFkB4lnW5yRMheb2kWOQRIMBSWzgphn+4YzUOKZCZtveUC/jLVN0TAGw Rd9260H1KbB96zzGAsN/gCUjlaCSBy6eBmIvGxbA88zZsUKsZqdTMiEEe8h++9MC wb92ChmlCvB9leb8gcz+2JxLyGU1ggeg3vVstS/vBhQE5abhq75xN4BzpbHRXoVO r4ezXLOYXFpezWQ7ux75SiG31Kq2i99id0TPpGTXatsNmMeH0T+3w7iFdu37xzCJ Gm45h0x8YE/0ORJpgnqvFiC5I8bXSpHT8JEnhep11760DtpHZh4g0ljBKFI0T3I9 k+HXP/bbFbQAVm83fQYVMwzsTDj4P47QJZhQmYXkpzQHD9fEoXTyuMEFz9Mg1AXh CCYXFr064EEUa1XH6CSE8hPLXAm7xWnxPYz8LNg3E/RhAz6j5EA= =Mt1q -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=_PJU6aUTKzdKxrDrdkcQMKRV--
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