Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 22:05:15 -0800 From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> To: Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Patch to teach config(8) about "platforms". Message-ID: <20030129060515.GA1715@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net> In-Reply-To: <20030128213716.A24203@FreeBSD.org> References: <20030129013537.GB1016@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net> <20030128174259.A10304@FreeBSD.org> <20030129021406.GD1016@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net> <20030128182013.A13422@FreeBSD.org> <20030129025124.GG1016@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net> <20030128190158.A15778@FreeBSD.org> <20030129044548.GI1016@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net> <20030128205737.A22274@FreeBSD.org> <20030129051853.GJ1016@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net> <20030128213716.A24203@FreeBSD.org>
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On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 09:37:16PM -0800, Juli Mallett wrote: > > > but it explcitly means a location, a path. The introduction of > > platform is more confusing. First of all it maps to MACHINE, > > while we have the machine keyword mapping to something else. > > MACHINE is a cpp define and (relatedly) is defined by make(1), > it isn't a config file element. Why do they have to be related > just because they by coincidence have the same name? No, because using machine in your proposal would then be more like what MACHINE_ARCH means everywhere else. There already is confusion about the difference between MACHINE and MACHINE_ARCH and you're only adding to that confusion by using machine in the same way MACHINE_ARCH is used everywhere else. > You don't like my choice of how, that's fine, > you don't have to maintain a port which uses it. All the more reason > for it to not be one that is even used by you at all. Blablabla. Your proposal affects FreeBSD. I'm having a constructive discussion about your proposal because I like to understand your point of view and tell you mine. Childish behaviour does not impress me. In fact it only tells me that you're incapable of convincing me and that you're incapable of looking at it from my point of view and tell me where I'm missing something. No, you're fixated and it took a lot of effort from my end to get to a point where we understood each other. If you're tired of it, try an open mind next time. -- 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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