matt wrote:
> i noticed that altivec, mmx, sse and other cpu specific
use flags are
> disabled. i was looking to enable those in the profile
but realized
> that x86 and ppc macos are the same profile.
>
> i had an idea a while ago that keywords should be split
up into cpu and
> operating system; perhaps a third for 32 bit or 64 bit.
this way there
> is less redundancy. anything ppc (or g4/g5) can have
altivec. and
> anything that is x86 (or pentium whatever) can have mmx
etc. then the
> operating system can be linux, mac, freebsd, prefix or
something.
>
> anyone have any comments on this or this a bad idea ?
>
> matt
>
also, another idea, if packages are unknown on a system mark
them with ?
instead of -, and if they are known not to work on a system
(like
something that uses x86 asm) mark them with and X.
matt
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