removing /bin/arch

01-11-2012, 05:07 PM

Hi guys,

/bin/arch was deprecated from util-linux back in 2007, in favor of `uname -m`.

Any objections to not shipping it any longer?

Cheers,

Tom

01-11-2012, 05:46 PM

On 01/11/2012 08:07 PM, Tom Gundersen wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> /bin/arch was deprecated from util-linux back in 2007, in favor of `uname -m`.
>
> Any objections to not shipping it any longer?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tom

Why don't we let upstream decide that?

IMO if is installed by make install, then we should keep it.

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IonuÈ›

01-11-2012, 05:54 PM

On 01/11/2012 03:46 PM, Ionut Biru wrote:

On 01/11/2012 08:07 PM, Tom Gundersen wrote:

Hi guys,

/bin/arch was deprecated from util-linux back in 2007, in favor of `uname -m`.

Any objections to not shipping it any longer?

Cheers,

Tom

Why don't we let upstream decide that?

IMO if is installed by make install, then we should keep it.

Disabled by default[#1], we are enabling it [#2]

[#1]
http://git.kernel.org/?p=utils/util-linux/util-linux.git;a=blob;f=configure.ac;h=8af42e4353d1d992 2af9f439f41a236698504402;hb=HEAD#l820
[#2]
http://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/tree/trunk/PKGBUILD?h=packages/util-linux#n32

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Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi
cos^2alpha + sin^2alpha = 1

01-11-2012, 06:46 PM

On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 7:46 PM, Ionut Biru <ibiru@archlinux.org> wrote:
> On 01/11/2012 08:07 PM, Tom Gundersen wrote:
> Why don't we let upstream decide that?
>
> IMO if is installed by make install, then we should keep it.

Should have been clearer: upstream disabled it by default in August
2007, we have been manually enabling it since.

-t

01-11-2012, 07:37 PM

Le 11 janvier 2012 20:46:15 Tom Gundersen a écrit :
> On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 7:46 PM, Ionut Biru <ibiru@archlinux.org> wrote:
> > On 01/11/2012 08:07 PM, Tom Gundersen wrote:
> > Why don't we let upstream decide that?
> >
> > IMO if is installed by make install, then we should keep it.
>
> Should have been clearer: upstream disabled it by default in August
> 2007, we have been manually enabling it since.
>
> -t

If you are sure that nothing will break, go for it. My only concern here is
that it may be difficult at first to identify which packages contain scripts that
will be broken if we stop shiping it.

Stéphane