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Date:      Tue, 20 Feb 2001 20:54:24 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
Cc:        Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>, arch@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/share/mk sys.mk
Message-ID:  <20010220205424.B44290@mollari.cthul.hu>
In-Reply-To: <200102210428.f1L4Se482578@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>; from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu on Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 08:28:40PM -0800
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0102211415050.25100-100000@besplex.bde.org> <200102210428.f1L4Se482578@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>

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On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 08:28:40PM -0800, Steve Kargl wrote:
> Bruce Evans wrote:
> > On Tue, 20 Feb 2001, Warner Losh wrote:
> >=20
> >> In message <200102200837.f1K8bpj89576@freefall.freebsd.org> Kris Kenna=
way writes:
> >> :   We now set up the reasonable default for i386 and alpha here -- gi=
ven this
> >> :   it probably makes sense to remove the corresponding code from make=
(1).
> >>=20
> >> Probably not.  We really do not want to pollute sys.mk with any more
> >> variables than we absolutely have to.  It is included for all
> >> Makefiles on the system, not just the ones to build the system.
> >> Adding things there can cause problems elsewhere.
> >=20
> > But polluting make(1) is almost equivalent to polluting sys.mk.  The
> > pollution is just easier to implement and harder to remove in make(1).
> >=20
> > I have changed my mind a bit about this.  MACHINE_CPU is not (yet?) nea=
rly
> > as fundamental as the other MACHINE_* variables.  It is currently just
> > a build option for libcrypto, so it could be handled like other build
> > options.
> >=20
>=20
> libgmp (if updated to the neest release) can use a MACHINE_CPUi
> variable.  Although I should note that Kris wants (has expressed
> a desire) to remove libgmp from the base tree.

There's also a dozen or more ports which will be making use of this.

Kris

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