Dnia 2015-01-26, o godz. 16:40:35
Alexis Ballier <[email protected]> napisał(a):

> On Mon, 26 Jan 2015 16:20:10 +0100
> Michał Górny <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > Dnia 2015-01-26, o godz. 12:41:00
> > Alexis Ballier <[email protected]> napisał(a):
> > 
> > > On Sat, 24 Jan 2015 00:35:39 +0100
> > > Michał Górny <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Title: CPU_FLAGS_X86 introduction
> > > > Author: Michał Górny <[email protected]>
> > > > Content-Type: text/plain
> > > > Posted: 2015-01-xx
> > > > Revision: 1
> > > > News-Item-Format: 1.0
> > > > Display-If-Keyword: amd64 ~amd64 x86 ~x86
> > > 
> > > but.... why ?
> > > will you write another news item for other arches ?
> > 
> > Are there other arches using CPU_FLAGS_X86? ;) But seriously, the item
> > is quite arch-specific. Other arches are likely to have kinda specific
> > flags with rules for choosing them, another script etc.
> 
> I think it is better to have it done all in one pass: even if there is
> no script, it is just as good as it is today.
> 
> My concern is: This will clutter e.g. ffmpeg ebuild by having two ways
> to pass cpu flags, depending on the arch, and will give a kind of silly
> output with "altivec" or "neon" as standard useflags but x86 cpu flags
> as USE_EXPAND. This is too much inconsistent to me.

I understand your concern but unless someone's going to do the work for
other arches, I doubt there's a point in waiting forever. Script is
a minor issue, but someone has to figure out how various packages
behave and what flags to use.

-- 
Best regards,
Michał Górny

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