Subject: Re: distinfo files for multiple architectures
To: Alistair Crooks <agc@pkgsrc.org>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 05/08/2001 15:57:23
On Tue, 8 May 2001, Alistair Crooks wrote:
> On Tue, May 08, 2001 at 11:02:51AM +0100, David Brownlee wrote:
> > citrix_ica has a distinfo.i386 and distinfo.sparc, while navigator
> > keeps different architectures in the same distinfo file (and needs
> > more care when rebuilding distinfos)
> >
> > --
> > David/absolute -- www.netbsd.org: No hype required --
> >
>
> I'd much prefer it if we had one distinfo file, without the arch
> suffix. If this means we have to be more careful when upgrading
> packages, then so be it.
OK - Packages.txt updated to match.
Does it make sense to have a variable set in the Makefile
for packages with multiarch distinfos? If set a 'make mdi'
could display a warning then echo the new info to stdout
rather than rewrite distinfo.
David/absolute -- www.netbsd.org: No hype required --