Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 21:54:45 +0400 From: Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru> To: Frank Laszlo <laszlof@vonostingroup.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tomcat55 port on AMD64 Message-ID: <26681162@srv.sem.ipt.ru> In-Reply-To: <446377E1.4030505@vonostingroup.com> (Frank Laszlo's message of "Thu, 11 May 2006 13:44:01 -0400") References: <00bd01c6750a$b7c631e0$0a1610ac@prodcave.com> <4463603F.3050600@vonostingroup.com> <39169750@srv.sem.ipt.ru> <44636F83.8020103@vonostingroup.com> <73088465@srv.sem.ipt.ru> <44637568.4020203@vonostingroup.com> <24921858@srv.sem.ipt.ru> <446377E1.4030505@vonostingroup.com>
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On Thu, 11 May 2006 13:44:01 -0400 Frank Laszlo wrote: > Boris Samorodov wrote: > > On Thu, 11 May 2006 13:33:28 -0400 Frank Laszlo wrote: > >> Boris Samorodov wrote: > >>> On Thu, 11 May 2006 13:08:19 -0400 Frank Laszlo wrote: > >>>> Boris Samorodov wrote: > >>>>> On Thu, 11 May 2006 12:03:11 -0400 Frank Laszlo wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> I submitted a patch[1] to fix this issue some time ago, It has to do > >>>>>> with the way linux ports handle ARCH, since the linux emulation port > >>>>>> doesn't work on amd64, its forced to use i386 rpm's. Unfortunately my > >>>>>> efforts were shun by a brick wall, and no changes were made to address > >>>>>> this. I am going to repeat this one more time, ARCH should NEVER be > >>>>>> overwritten, here is yet another example of why. > >>>>>> [1]http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=ports/91911 > >>>>>> > >>>>> Seems that this problem shouldn't exist since updating of the port to > >>>>> use new bsd.linux-rpm.mk. > >>>>> > >>>> You would think so, but the fact of the matter is, ARCH should be a > >>>> READONLY variable. It is relied upon heavily in the ports framework and > >>>> shouldn't be changed, ever. Why we don't just use another variable name > >>>> to do the trickery is what I am wondering. > >>>> > >>> Argh, yes. You are right. It do have problems with current default > >>> port linux_base-8. I'm using linux_base-fc3 for a long time and get > >>> used to it too much. > > > >> It looks like linux_base-fc3 is basically doing what my patch was > >> intended for, renaming the poor use of ARCH to something else > >> (LINUX_RPM_ARCH) so that we are not overwriting such an important > >> variable. But it does still have this for some reason: > >> .if (${ARCH} == "amd64") > >> LATEST_LINK:= ${LATEST_LINK:C/linux/linux32/} > >> ARCH= i386 > >> .endif > >> I'm not really sure what purpose that serves, as ARCH isn't used > >> anywhere in the Makefile. perhaps I am missing something from > >> bsd.linux-rpm.mk. > > > > I think that it is intended to use with the packages. As we discussed > > earlier, there is now native linux on AMD. Hence, one should fetch and > > install those for i386. > You mean "there is *not* native linux on AMD." correct? Wow! Sure. It was designed at my head as "no". But hands added "w". PS. How much sometimes one letter means! WBR -- Boris B. Samorodov, Research Engineer InPharmTech Co, http://www.ipt.ru Telephone & Internet Service Provider
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