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 --