OpenPKG Specs: openpkg/openpkg.pod@4a34d7a82eab

Rework package yet again, correcting and introducing new buildconf logic:
Conditionally disable bootstrap stage comparison correctly, correct
english grammar, better find system as(1) and ld(1), indotruce detailed
optimization option messages, more completely guess cpu types, allow
profiled bootstrapping without a preinstalled GCC because many other
compilers have long since implemented 64-bit arithmetic, instruct make
to build sequentially (not in sparallel) when building a profiled
bootstrap as GCC online documents recommend, and generally improve
comment blocks.

The single most important correction in this changeset relates to the
GCC changed optimization policy since at least GCC 4.5, in which -march
is always passed and not always correctly guessed. In the case of this
package, allowing GCC to guess the architecture leads to wild build
errors at various subcomponents (zlib, libgcc, libiberty...) and
bootstrap stages. It seems quite platform specific, and the safest
approach to correcting this seems to be explicitly always specifying the
-march argument when bootstrapping GCC. Because the best choice 'native'
is not available when bootstrapping using a foreign (non GCC) compiler,
a guess is made according to rpmmacros l_platform in that case.

It is questionable as to whether these recent optimization changes
on the part of GCC or this package are compatible with each other,
or if either are complete or correct at all. At least applying these
corrections allows this package to build again in most cases test.

     1 ##

     2 ##  openpkg -- OpenPKG Tool Chain

     3 ##  Copyright (c) 2000-2007 OpenPKG Foundation e.V. <http://openpkg.net/>

     4 ##  Copyright (c) 2000-2007 Ralf S. Engelschall <http://engelschall.com/>

     5 ##

     6 ##  Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for

     7 ##  any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that

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    10 ##

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    14 ##  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS AND COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND THEIR

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    17 ##  LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF

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    19 ##  ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY,

    20 ##  OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT

    21 ##  OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF

    22 ##  SUCH DAMAGE.

    23 ##

    24 ##  openpkg.pod: Minimum Execution Frontend (Language: Perl POD)

    25 ##

    27 =pod

    29 =head1 NAME

    31 B<OpenPKG> -- Cross-Platform Unix Software Packaging Facility

    33 =head1 SYNOPSIS

    35 =over 4

    37 =item Command Line Interface

    39 $ B<openpkg> [I<opt> ...] I<cmd> [I<cmd_opt> ...] [I<cmd_arg> ...]

    41 $ B<openpkg> B<man> I<cmd>

    43 =item Project Locations

    45  http://www.openpkg.org/       web service

    46  http://cvs.openpkg.org/       repository service

    47  http://pgp.openpkg.org/       OpenPGP service

    48  ftp://ftp.openpkg.org/        download service

    50 =item Project Forums

    52  petidomo@openpkg.org          mailing-list manager

    53  openpkg-announce@openpkg.org  project announcements

    54  openpkg-dev@openpkg.org       developer forum

    55  openpkg-users@openpkg.org     users forum

    57 =item Local Documentation

    59  openpkg-rpm(1)                RPM package manager

    60  openpkg-rpmbuild(1)           RPM package manager (build only)

    61  openpkg-rpm2cpio(1)           RPM payload utility

    62  openpkg-rpm-config(1)         RPM C API utility

    63  openpkg-lsync(1)              local area synchronization

    64  openpkg-rc(1)                 run-command facility

    66 =back

    68 =head1 DESCRIPTION

    70 OpenPKG is the world leading instrument for deployment and maintenance

    71 of Open Source software when administration crosses Unix platform

    72 boundaries. The OpenPKG project is a collaboration effort with the

    73 goal of creating and maintaining portable and easy to install software

    74 packages for use on the major Unix server platforms.

    76 The unique OpenPKG architecture leverages proven technologies like

    77 Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) to establish a unified administration

    78 environment, independent of the underlying operating system. OpenPKG

    79 is completely self-contained and does not even need a preinstallation

    80 of RPM. Instead, RPM is provided as an OpenPKG RPM package itself plus

    81 a tricky bootstrapping procedure in order to allow one to create from

    82 scratch the initial state of the whole OpenPKG software packaging

    83 system.

    85 =cut

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