Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2020 15:50:18 +0100 From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> To: Stefan Esser <se@freebsd.org> Cc: Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org>, "ports@freebsd.org" <ports@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: What are the benefits of NO_ARCH? Message-ID: <20201102145018.6jsnumr26feffvgn@ivaldir.net> In-Reply-To: <da2e24cf-a300-2cd6-8a20-afa709d66882@freebsd.org> References: <823586a7-dfd7-55b2-a7d3-0775a1f2533f@FreeBSD.org> <da2e24cf-a300-2cd6-8a20-afa709d66882@freebsd.org>
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--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--
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