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Re: Supporting newer platforms



Am Tue, Oct 04, 2022 at 07:47:27PM +0000 schrieb John Klos:
> > > Any reason we shouldn't fetch the latest config.sub and config.guess and
> > > update all of them in pkgsrc?
> > 
> > Because many of them are upstream files and shouldn't be touched for no
> > reason. mk/gnu-config/config.sub would need actually looking at the
> > diff.
> 
> Wouldn't anything that breaks due to updates be problematic eventually,
> anyway?

You are creating unnecessary conflicts. Those files are replaced during
actual build anyway.

> >  aarch64eb is a configuration most people don't care about, including ARM.
> 
> How is this related?

Just saying why you are seeing this and why the chances are high that
you will see more problems in various places.

Joerg


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