On Mon, 23 Feb 1998 11:13:53 -0800 (PST) 
 Jonathan Stone <jonathan@DSG.Stanford.EDU> wrote:

 > Michael C. Richardsdon writes:
 > 
 > >  Should baseXX be split into "archbaseXX" and a common
 > >shareXX? 
 > 
 > Yes. Tho' I dont know what the XX in baseXX is. With release(7), we
 > dont have version numbers in individual sets.
 > 
 > >No reason to store 20 copies of /usr/share...
 > 
 > No indeed not. And no reason to store six copies of a unified m68k
 > userland.  Nor two copies of mipsel when we get the arc port integrated.
 > 
 > Splitting base and comp into ${MACHINE_ARCH}-shareable and truly
 > ${MACHINE}-specific would fix that. It'd mean more changes to
 > release(7) and install tools, though.

It's worth noting that release(7) specifically addresses this issue
by allowing a ${MACHINE_ARCH} branch in the tree, and symlinks.

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