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diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/porting-dads/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/porting-dads/chapter.xml index 2719f12388..ec892a89b0 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/porting-dads/chapter.xml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/porting-dads/chapter.xml @@ -546,6 +546,18 @@ cc -o someprogram source1.o source2.o -L/usr/local/lib -lsomelib</programlisting <para>Ports that do not have any architecture-dependent files or requirements are identified by setting <literal>NO_ARCH=yes</literal>.</para> + + <note> + <para><literal>NO_ARCH</literal> is meant to indicate + that there is no need to build a package for each of the + supported architectures. The goal is to reduce the amount + of resources spent on building and distributing the packages + such as network bandwidth and disk space on mirrors + and on distribution media. Currently, however, + our package infrastructure (e.g., package managers, mirrors, + and package builders) is not set up to fully benefit from + <literal>NO_ARCH</literal>.</para> + </note> </sect2> <sect2 xml:id="dads-arch-ignore"> |