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From: Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o>
To: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
Cc: Gentoo Dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 0/4] New no-lib-symlink profile for developers
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 19:40:00
Message-Id: CAJ0EP43gw5yu0LcLCg2td9hfS3v32ZxAg+D1ULGD8kvFNpjRQA@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 0/4] New no-lib-symlink profile for developers by "Michał Górny"
1 On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 1:46 PM, Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote:
2 > On Mon, 11 Jul 2016 12:33:54 -0400
3 > Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o> wrote:
4 >
5 >> On Sat, Jul 9, 2016 at 5:01 PM, Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote:
6 >> > I've finally gotten around to wrapping up my multilib setup
7 >> > in a profile, and providing necessary patches to system packages
8 >> > to make it possible to use it without having to hack their mistaken
9 >> > logic around.
10 >>
11 >> The baselayout and glibc changes seem like a good idea.
12 >>
13 >> I don't see much value in creating a new profile though; it's easy
14 >> enough for a developer to just stick SYMLINK_LIB=no in make.conf.
15 >
16 > I didn't initially wanted to do the profile either but some developers
17 > have refused to support this 'unsupported configuration'. I assume that
18 > having an official profile will ensure better cooperation.
19 >
20
21 I'm doubtful that will help with stubborn people, but I guess it can't
22 hurt to try it.