Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 13:30:51 -0800 From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> To: Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Benno Rice <benno@FreeBSD.ORG>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Patch to teach config(8) about "platforms". Message-ID: <20030129213051.GA5799@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net> In-Reply-To: <20030129132833.A86377@FreeBSD.org> References: <20030129062558.GB1715@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net> <1043821970.648.60.camel@localhost> <20030129074647.GD1715@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net> <1043828377.648.67.camel@localhost> <20030129100411.GA3272@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net> <20030129115542.A79257@FreeBSD.org> <20030129204744.GC5416@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net> <20030129125530.A83790@FreeBSD.org> <20030129211904.GB5740@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net> <20030129132833.A86377@FreeBSD.org>
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On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 01:28:33PM -0800, Juli Mallett wrote: > > > > I thought the idea was to have machine be usable for platforms, so > > as to have the mapping machine->MACHINE. This makes the keyword > > unusable for handling the pc98 case. I guess I was confused (now > > you know who needs the summary :-) > > Well, I like what jhb has suggested, of fully moving to a new set of > keywords for config(8) to describe these sorts of things, rather than > having machine+platform, having arch+platform, but keeping machine for > those things that want it. Does that work for you? Yes. -- Marcel Moolenaar USPA: A-39004 marcel@xcllnt.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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