Release directories (was Re: [PATCH] setup: port to 64-bit, part 1)

[marco atzeri]

On 3/14/2013 3:01 AM, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:51:18 +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>> If Yaakov applied the changes necessary to get the 64 bit setup running
>> for a start, would it be possible to let upset create a setup64.ini file
>> for the current cygwin/64bit/release test area?
>
> Before we do that, I think we need to consider a bit of
> reorganization.  As in any binary distribution, there are many "noarch"
> packages which could be used for both i686 and x86_64.  Providing two
> identical copies is just a waste of storage and bandwidth for
> sourceware, mirrors, and users.
>
> Instead, I think it would make sense to make three sibling trees, one
> for i686 (the current release/ directory), one for x86_64, and one for
> noarch packages.  Then, there would be two scans by upset: setup.ini
> from i686 and noarch, and setup64.ini from x86_64 and noarch.
>
> Thoughts?
>
>
> Yaakov
>

in that case we need to assure same package name.

Just noted:

64 bit
$ tar -tf readline-6.2-1.tar.bz2 |grep dll
usr/bin/cyghistory7.dll
usr/bin/cygreadline7.dll

32 bit
$ cygcheck -f /usr/bin/cygreadline7.dll
libreadline7-6.1.2-3


and it is not the only one

Marco