Subject: Re: CVS commit: pkgsrc/mk
To: Lubomir Sedlacik <salo@Xtrmntr.org>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: pkgsrc-changes
Date: 07/09/2003 13:41:05
On Wed, 9 Jul 2003, Lubomir Sedlacik wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 09, 2003 at 11:38:18AM +0000, David Brownlee wrote:
> >
> > Module Name: pkgsrc
> > Committed By: abs
> > Date: Wed Jul 9 11:38:18 UTC 2003
> >
> > Modified Files:
> > pkgsrc/mk: bsd.prefs.mk
> >
> > Log Message:
> > Handle blank MACHINE_ARCH on Linux (as seen on 20030630 bootstrap kit)
>
> please don't do this. it seems to be a bug in bmake and it should be
> fixed (or bmake should be updated to the latest version first). it's
> strange that it doesn't happen all the time.. (it also happens for some
> people on Solaris).
Without this the current bootstrap kit is broken on Linux. It
seems like reasonable fallback behaviour in the general case
anyway, though I agree a fixed bmake is preferrable.
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