Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] New keywords for non-Gentoo Linux platforms
On Thu, 2008-10-09 at 20:11 +0200, Fabian Groffen wrote: sparc-solaris sparc64-solaris x64-solaris x86-solaris Perhaps using KEYWORDS for Prefix keywords is not the best thing to do, and should we use something like PREFIX_KEYWORDS? Maybe there is one thing we should consider: Since the Solaris kernel is Open now (=OpenSolaris), one could have the strange idea of adding some sys-kernel/solaris-sources-2.11.ebuild, to build some distribution eventually called Gentoo Solaris, which might be comparable to Nexenta[1], which uses Debian's APT AFAICS. As Gentoo Solaris would not be the same as Gentoo Prefix on Solaris, it should not share the *-solaris keywords used for Prefix via the same KEYWORDS-setting. For me, this is a (maybe strange, but valid) reason for something like PREFIX_KEYWORDS. [1] http://www.nexenta.org/ /haubi/ -- Michael Haubenwallner Gentoo on a different level
Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] New keywords for non-Gentoo Linux platforms
Fabian Groffen wrote: snip Most notably, in Prefix all keywords are full GLEP53 style, which results in e.g. amd64-linux. We did this on purpose, because in Prefix we don't necessarily are on Gentoo Linux. We also chose to expand fbsd, nbsd and obsd to their long variants, mainly because the short variants might clash in the future, for e.g. OpenBSD, OliveBSD or PicoBSD, polyBSD or DragonflyBSD, DesktopBSD. (At some point we were a bit over-enthausiastic.) I would like to hear some opinions on the keywords in general, as well as the particular problem of having Gentoo Linux, and a Linux supported by Gentoo Prefix. Right now there is just the difference of -linux appended, however this is not the clearest distinction between the two. Perhaps using KEYWORDS for Prefix keywords is not the best thing to do, and should we use something like PREFIX_KEYWORDS? Ignoring the bit about how to name the keywords.. ;) I am undecided about Prefix keywords in the normal KEYWORDS variable. In particular, we are overloading the -linux keyword to mean that it will run on any linux that Gentoo Prefix supports. This includes, Gentoo, RHEL, SLES, FreeMint, $OTHER. Is there any problem with overloading the keywords like that? If not, then it shouldn't be a problem to keep prefix keywords in the KEYWORDS field. OTOH, I don't think we should add another variable to ebuilds. Thoughts? -Jeremy
Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] New keywords for non-Gentoo Linux platforms
On Thu, 2008-10-09 at 20:11 +0200, Fabian Groffen wrote: ia64-hpux There's one thing to say for this platform to avoid later confusion: 'ia64-hpux' is the keyword for 32bit on that platform. 'ia64w-hpux' would be the 64bit keyword (not in prefix-tree yet). This might seem confusing, but is the way HP does for various reasons. HP-UX is the only OS I know that does multilib on the ia64 CPU, and the default compiler output is 32bit without any additional switch. I can provide more details if necessary. /haubi/ -- Michael Haubenwallner Gentoo on a different level
[gentoo-dev] [RFC] New keywords for non-Gentoo Linux platforms
Hi all, In the Prefix project we support a bunch of Linux and non-Linux platforms, for which we use GLEP53-style[1] keywords. The current list of keywords known in Prefix are (in no particular order): ppc-aix x86-freebsd ia64-hpux hppa-hpux x86-interix mips-irix amd64-linux x86-linux ppc-macos x86-macos x86-netbsd ppc-openbsd x86-openbsd x64-openbsd sparc-solaris sparc64-solaris x64-solaris x86-solaris x86-winnt Most notably, in Prefix all keywords are full GLEP53 style, which results in e.g. amd64-linux. We did this on purpose, because in Prefix we don't necessarily are on Gentoo Linux. We also chose to expand fbsd, nbsd and obsd to their long variants, mainly because the short variants might clash in the future, for e.g. OpenBSD, OliveBSD or PicoBSD, polyBSD or DragonflyBSD, DesktopBSD. (At some point we were a bit over-enthausiastic.) I would like to hear some opinions on the keywords in general, as well as the particular problem of having Gentoo Linux, and a Linux supported by Gentoo Prefix. Right now there is just the difference of -linux appended, however this is not the clearest distinction between the two. Perhaps using KEYWORDS for Prefix keywords is not the best thing to do, and should we use something like PREFIX_KEYWORDS? [1] http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/glep/glep-0053.html -- Fabian Groffen Gentoo on a different level
Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] New keywords for non-Gentoo Linux platforms
On Thu, 9 Oct 2008 20:11:01 +0200 Fabian Groffen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: amd64-linux x64-openbsd x64-solaris Is there a special reason why you're using x64 instead of amd64 in those cases? (IMO x64 is the most stupid name for the x86_64 architecture) Marius
