Re: where should arch/$arch/scripts go?
On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 12:13:46PM -0600, dann frazier wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 09:14:06AM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 05:23:23PM -0600, dann frazier wrote:
> > > I'm looking at fixing #392592, and I'm wondering where
> > > arch/$arch/scripts should go? ia64 has them (as does um).
> >
> > On ia64, the usage can be patched away, no need to carry them with
> > us.
>
> hey Bastian,
> Please explain what you mean by "can be patched away".
>
> Are you implying we should hardcode the results of these scripts?
> I don't personally like that approach since it looks like we'd be
> removing safety checks and adding assumptions about the toolchain.
> I suppose we could setup dependencies for the headers package to
> enforce a matching toolchain, but that sounds like a portability
> regression.
>
> Of course, I don't think I've ever correctly guessed what you are
> implying, so that's probably not it :)
hey Bastian,
reping - can you expand on what you think I should do to fix this?
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dann frazier
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