290869 – genkernel use strange arch pair (x86/x86_64)

Bug 290869 - genkernel use strange arch pair (x86/x86_64)

Summary: genkernel use strange arch pair (x86/x86_64)

Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Hosted Projects
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	genkernel (show other bugs)
Hardware:	x86 Linux

Importance:	High normal
Assignee:	Gentoo Genkernel Maintainers

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Reported:	2009-10-28 12:13 UTC by Denis Kaganovich
Modified:	2009-10-28 15:05 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Denis Kaganovich 2009-10-28 12:13:43 UTC

Known next arch pairs for x86_32/x86_64:
x86/amd64 - core Gentoo;
i386/x86_64 - kernel (this aliases most correct for all versions).
But genkernel use x86/x86_64 pair. To compatibility reason I suggest to make symlinks (in ebuild/src_install):

dosym x86 /usr/share/genkernel/arch/i386
dosym x86_64 /usr/share/genkernel/arch/amd64


Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Andrew Gaffney (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-10-28 12:40:54 UTC

Compatibility with what? Is it causing problems? Does it *really* matter?

There's no reason to make this change.

Comment 2 Denis Kaganovich 2009-10-28 15:05:26 UTC

(In reply to comment #1)
> Compatibility with what? Is it causing problems? Does it *really* matter?
> 
> There's no reason to make this change.
> 

With mind, with standards, etc.
Also this may cause unmotivated overcoding in scripts.