Re: clarifying

[Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <shalehperry@attbi.com>]

On Tuesday 10 September 2002 15:54, Wichmann, Mats D wrote:
> Just want to make sure I'm clear on how to
> do this stuff.
>
> If there's a "processor-specific" patch,
> which in fact is self-contained (does not
> affect other platforms), should it be
> included for all platforms, or just for
> the platform in question?
>
> To give an example (the only example, at
> the moment), right now we have:
>
> glibc-2.2.5.gcc32.patch
> glibc-2.2.5.lsb.patch
> glibc-2.2.5.ia64.patch
> glibc-2.2.5.ppc32.patch
>
> Should glibc-2.2.5.ia64.patch be limited
> to building for ia64, or should it be
> installed for all?

I have been trying to keep the SI architecture neutral as much as possible.  
If the patches are ignored by other arches then let's just apply them and not 
worry about the new <cond> code.  Where the tag does come in handy is the 
bootable work where things like "build bootloader" need to be done only on 
certain architectures.