Re: [MiNT] FreeMiNT binaries and CPU specific versions

[Peter Slegg <p.slegg@scubadivers.co.uk>]

On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 20:15:24 , Vincent Rivière <vincent.riviere@freesbee.fr> wrote:
> Eero Tamminen wrote:
> > Should the binaries coming from this kind of build have always
> > the same name or include $ARCH in their names like Vincent proposed?
>
> I didn't propose to include the architecture inside the name, I simply
> stated that some components currently have an architecture suffix (mint a
> nd
> xaaes), while others have not.
>
> That being said, I agree with Alan: suffixes are useless when you downloa
> d
> an archive specific to your architecture.
>

would it be useful to have a tool like Mint Setter that could identify
the installed components ? Maybe there is a way to do it ?

This may help users avoid problems along the way with mismatched modules.

Peter