Re: port-arm/48215: pkg_add fails on recent NetBSD/evbearmv6hf-el current

[Matt Thomas <matt%3am-software.com@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR port-arm/48215; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Matt Thomas <matt%3am-software.com@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: port-arm-maintainer%netbsd.org@localhost,
 gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost,
 netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: port-arm/48215: pkg_add fails on recent NetBSD/evbearmv6hf-el 
current
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 10:36:32 -0700

 On Sep 17, 2013, at 10:35 AM, matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost> 
wrote:
 
 > The following reply was made to PR port-arm/48215; it has been noted =
 by GNATS.
 >=20
 > From: matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost>
 > To: christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)
 > Cc: port-arm-maintainer%netbsd.org@localhost, 
 > gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost,
 >    netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, ryoon%NetBSD.org@localhost, 
 > gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
 > Subject: re: port-arm/48215: pkg_add fails on recent =
 NetBSD/evbearmv6hf-el current
 > Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 03:30:37 +1000
 >=20
 >> | since these binaries are always going to report the same value,
 >> | i suspect that fixing arm/param.h to report the right value
 >> | depending on the compiler options would fix the problem without
 >> | having to patch every program that uses them to use sysctl on
 >> | netbsd...
 >>=20
 >> The problem is that some archs with different machine_archs use the
 >> same toolchain and can't be told apart.
 >=20
 > how so?  can't the header file define MACHINE/MACHINE_ARCH based
 > upon the compiler defines?  eg, from sparc64/param.h:
 >=20
 > #ifdef __arch64__
 > #define _MACHINE        sparc64
 > #define MACHINE         "sparc64"
 > #define _MACHINE_ARCH   sparc64
 > #define MACHINE_ARCH    "sparc64"
 > #define MID_MACHINE     MID_SPARC64
 > #else
 > #define _MACHINE        sparc
 > #define MACHINE         "sparc"
 > #define _MACHINE_ARCH   sparc
 > #define MACHINE_ARCH    "sparc"
 > #define MID_MACHINE     MID_SPARC
 > #endif
 
 For evbearm & evbearmv5, there is nothing to distinguish them.
 Ditto for evbearmhf & evbearmv5hf.=