Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 14:17:44 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> To: Trevor Johnson <trevor@jpj.net> Cc: ports-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/emulators/linux_base-8 Makefile Message-ID: <20041231221744.GA15683@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <20041231145300.K12851@blues.jpj.net> References: <200412301941.iBUJf2kF035884@repoman.freebsd.org> <20041231003456.GB23359@dragon.nuxi.com> <20041231145300.K12851@blues.jpj.net>
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On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 03:11:09PM -0500, Trevor Johnson wrote: > David O'Brien wrote: > > > On Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 07:41:02PM +0000, Trevor Johnson wrote: > > > trevor 2004-12-30 19:41:02 UTC > > > > > > FreeBSD ports repository > > > > > > Modified files: > > > emulators/linux_base-8 Makefile > > > Log: > > > On amd64, the installation script contained in the glibc RPM fails. > > > Work around this by using the --noscripts option. > > > > > > PR: 75645 > > > Submitted by: Carlos F. A. Paniago and Conrad J. Sabatier > > > > > > Revision Changes Path > > > 1.94 +1 -0 ports/emulators/linux_base-8/Makefile > > > http://cvsweb.freebsd.org/ports/emulators/linux_base-8/Makefile.diff?r1=1.93&r2=1.94 > > > > Please back this out -- it is wrong as you didn't add code to manually do > > all the things glibc's script does. There is a reason I have't made this > > change -- it gives the perception that this port now cleanly installs and > > runs on AMD64 -- it doesn't (even with this change). I've put a lot of > > time into trying to polish the linux32 compat experience on FreeBSD/AMD64 > > and this undoes some of that effort. > > When I made the port, I marked it with "ONLY_FOR_ARCHS=i386". Without > discussing it with me, you added amd64 to that with the log message "First > cut at supporting AMD64 (to give 32-bit support)" and without adding any > kind of warning that it was broken. I don't have access to an x86-64 > computer but I got the impression from your commit that it was supposed to > work. Then the next day Mr. Paniagua pointed out that in fact it didn't. > Without ever having heard from you on the subject of the AMD support, I > decided that a kludge would be preferable to something that did not work > at all. I enabled people to (1) see the framework for how 32-bit linux support should be handled on AMD64, and (2) enabled others to participated in the debugging of the problems which lead to multiple fruitfull threads on the freebsd-amd64@ mailing list. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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