On 27-03-2017 09:56:50 +0200, Ulrich Mueller wrote: > >>>>> On Mon, 27 Mar 2017, Fabian Groffen wrote: > > >> > When you say "arch" you actually mean a keyword as per GLEP-53[1] > >> > right? > >> > >> Which doesn't agree with actual usage in the tree, though. > > > That surprises me. Do you have an example of that? > > The GLEP says about the OS suffix: > > "The right hand part indicates the operating system or distribution, > such as linux, macos, solaris or fbsd. If the right hand part is > omitted, it implies the operating system/distribution type is > GNU/Linux." > > So if I understand this correctly, x86-linux should be equivalent to > x86. But in reality, the linux suffix denotes that it is a prefix > arch. I'm not saying that this is bad, only it's not what the GLEP > says.
I see. The lack of explicit mentioning what the difference means allows for different interpretations. I always *assumed* it meant Gentoo (1 part) vs Gentoo/Alt (2 parts). > Until recently there was also x64-freebsd vs amd64-fbsd, where both > the arch and the OS part denoted the same, but used different tokens > to distinguish between prefix and non-prefix. (And I don't understand > why amd64 is called x64 on prefix. A different OS suffix should be > sufficient.) It kind of proves the point that two fields in a keyword isn't "enough for everyone". Back to the topic of the thread, is it possible to make the difference between e.g. x86, x86-linux, x86-solaris and x86-macos in this proposal? Thanks, Fabian > >> > [1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/GLEP:53 -- Fabian Groffen Gentoo on a different level
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