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flag package as being machine independent? (was Re: Package binaries for NetBSD/arm 4.0 / pkgsrc-2008Q3)
- To: Havard Eidnes <he%NetBSD.org@localhost>
- Subject: flag package as being machine independent? (was Re: Package binaries for NetBSD/arm 4.0 / pkgsrc-2008Q3)
- From: "Jeremy C. Reed" <reed%reedmedia.net@localhost>
- Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:03:27 -0600 (CST)
On Tue, 13 Jan 2009, Havard Eidnes wrote to pkgsrc-users:
> In the case of ec-fonts-mftraced, I admit to having cheated, and
> put a doctored package in place, since there's no MD binaries in
> that package. However, the program which generates the fonts in
> this package is floating-point intensive, and therefore not
> exactly the best match for a shark with no floating-point unit.
Anyway to flag a package (in pkgsrc Makefile) that it is machine
independent?
If used on other system (than package build system), then pkg_add should
not complain.
Then maybe on FTP server have an "arch" subdirectory called "MI" or
"generic" or something like that, and then create symlinks as needed?
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