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From: "Diego 'Flameeyes' =?utf-8?q?Petten=C3=B2?=" <flameeyes@gentoo.org>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] combining x86 and amd64
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 20:11:09 +0200
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On Thursday 01 September 2005 20:02, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> Take a look at how sparc and mips currently handle packages which will
> run on some CPU kinds or ABIs but not others.
xine-lib, was not compiling on sparc32 (as there's a bug open), wasn't work=
ing=20
on sparc64 (sigbus) until 1.1.0... all the versions are marked ~sparc ..
Why I still looking for REASONING to your "Untrue" specifically about=20
| While it can be simple to do for sparc or ppc that has relatively
| less users, and with no need for binary compatibility for -bin
| packages,=20
just to start from?
The *users* are the imporant part... mips and sparc are WAY far from the=20
quantity of users of amd64 and x86... and the LEVEL of the users themselves=
,=20
too!
=2D-=20
Diego "Flameeyes" Petten=C3=B2
Gentoo Developer - http://dev.gentoo.org/~flameeyes/
(Gentoo/FreeBSD, Video, Gentoo/AMD64, Sound, PAM)
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