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From: Sergei Trofimovich <slyfox@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] profiles/features/64bit-native/package.use.mask contents redundancy
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:34:32
Message-Id: 20120211173807.4d1a47ae@sf.home
1 We have 2 files in gentoo-x86 with slightly out-of-sync data:
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3 profiles/arch/amd64/no-multilib/package.mask
4 profiles/features/64bit-native/package.use.mask
5
6 They both essentially block x86-only stuff.
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8 AFAIU profiles/features/64bit-native/package.use.mask
9 should contain bits, which are portable across arches, but
10 actively hate 64-bit userland.
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12 Looks like 'arch/amd64/no-multilib' profile inclusion is kept in
13 sync with 'features/64bit-native' one: [1]. Exception is
14 'hardened/linux/amd64/no-multilib' profile. Looks like a bug.
15
16 Why do we need to keep both 'package.mask' files the same?
17 Why not drop '64bit-native/package.use.mask' or at least shrink
18 it down to software keyworded for non-x86 and non-amd64?
19
20 Thanks!
21
22 [1]:
23
24 $ portage/gentoo-x86/profiles: fgrep -R amd64/no-multilib . | grep -v ChangeLog | grep -v '$Header' | grep -v /CVS/
25 ./default/linux/amd64/10.0/no-multilib/parent:../../../../../arch/amd64/no-multilib
26 ./default/linux/amd64/2008.0/no-multilib/parent:../../../../../arch/amd64/no-multilib
27 ./hardened/linux/amd64/10.0/no-multilib/deprecated:hardened/linux/amd64/no-multilib
28 $ portage/gentoo-x86/profiles: fgrep -R features/64bit-native . | grep -v ChangeLog | grep -v '$Header' | grep -v /CVS/
29 ./arch/powerpc/ppc64/64ul/parent:../../../../features/64bit-native
30 ./default/linux/amd64/10.0/no-multilib/parent:../../../../../features/64bit-native
31 ./default/linux/amd64/2008.0/no-multilib/parent:../../../../../features/64bit-native
32 ./hardened/linux/amd64/no-multilib/parent:../../../../features/64bit-native
33 ./hardened/linux/powerpc/ppc64/64bit-userland/parent:../../../../../features/64bit-native
34
35
36 --
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38 Sergei

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