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Re: What is glibc-ports?
"Joseph S. Myers" <joseph@codesourcery.com> writes:
> In summary: I think libc architectures should use sysdeps directories more
> rather than conditionals in generic code; ports architectures should move
> back in libc architectures directly in the normal sysdeps directories
> rather than in a ports/ subdirectory (though I don't object to temporary
> use of such a subdirectory in the course of a move as a way of reading in
> the history through git tricks before the files are moved);
For the purpose of managing history it is better not to prepend
ports/, because that avoids having to rename files.
Andreas.
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