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From: Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net>
Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: Re: [gentoo-core] crap use flags in the profiles
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 16:06:16 -0700
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Grant Goodyear posted <20050831161516.GJ18440@bmb24.uth.tmc.edu>,
excerpted below, on Wed, 31 Aug 2005 11:15:16 -0500:
> Stephen P. Becker wrote: [Wed Aug 31 2005, 08:18:53AM CDT]
>> We don't "live with that problem on MIPS" because it doesn't exist. If
>> something doesn't work in one spot, we dont' stable keyword it...simple
>> as that. Also keep in mind that for some stuff, we don't have to test
>> on both. For example, we have no supported little endian machines that
>> are capable of running X, therefore, we don't care about testing X
>> there. See how it works?
>
> So, the basic suggestion is that x86 and amd64 would both use the same
> keyword, but that for cases such as valgrind pre-3.0, which didn't work
> at all on amd64, then those package are profile-masked, and there's
> separate amd64 and x86 profiles (as there are now) to handle those
> distinctions?
Thanks!... Now that's something concrete enough to wrap my brain around,
which is exactly what I was asking for. Consider the "magic" explained.
Like so much "magic", there's a perfectly good explanation, once you grasp
the concept! =8^)
I still don't necessarily think it's the best solution for a problem that
seems decently solved as it is (not that my opinion really counts anyway,
as just a user, not one of the many actually doing the work), but at
least I have a clue about how it can be done, now, something I was lacking
the "Eureka moment" necessary to grasp, previously. =8^) Now I can at
least intelligently follow the debate.
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