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authorhubertf <hubertf@pkgsrc.org>1998-01-28 15:33:44 +0000
committerhubertf <hubertf@pkgsrc.org>1998-01-28 15:33:44 +0000
commitf535cf3701b8712d89ebbce0c3d70654b0a93645 (patch)
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downloadpkgsrc-f535cf3701b8712d89ebbce0c3d70654b0a93645.tar.gz
Replace "<$ARCH"> by "${MACHINE_ARCH}", keep "<$ARCH>"
(in bsd.port.mk) for backward compatibility.
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diff --git a/Packages.txt b/Packages.txt
index 2b36aa9b96a..509f6cf9a55 100644
--- a/Packages.txt
+++ b/Packages.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $NetBSD: Packages.txt,v 1.10 1998/01/19 08:07:16 hubertf Exp $
+# $NetBSD: Packages.txt,v 1.11 1998/01/28 15:37:19 hubertf Exp $
###########################################################################
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@@ -479,12 +479,16 @@ of when dealing with the PLIST file (or files, see below!).
platforms NetBSD runs on, e.g. alpha. For this, change the ldconfig call
to "ldconfig ... || true".
- * <$ARCH>:
+ * ${MACHINE_ARCH}:
Some packages like emacs and perl embed information about which
architecture they were built on into the pathnames where they install
their file. To handle this case, PLIST will be preprocessed before
- actually used, and the symbol "<$ARCH>" will be replaced by what "uname
- -m" gives.
+ actually used, and the symbol "${MACHINE_ARCH}" will be replaced by
+ what "sysctl -n hw.machine_arch" gives.
+
+ Legacy note: There used to be a symbol "<$ARCH>" that was replaced by
+ the output of "uname -m", but that's no longer supported and will be
+ removed soon.
* Manpage-compression:
Manpages should be installed in compressed form if MANZ is set (in