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From: "Anthony G. Basile" <basile@××××××××××××××.edu>
To: gentoo-mips@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-mips] multilib problems on mips64 profiles
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 01:12:25
Message-Id: 541F7778.6000905@opensource.dyc.edu
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-mips] multilib problems on mips64 profiles by "Anthony G. Basile"
1 On 09/21/14 21:11, Anthony G. Basile wrote:
2 >> Correct me if wrong, but it seems the core problem here is that multilib
3 >> inherits from the o32 base profile. While I think the proper longterm
4 >> fix is
5 >> to have more discrete, modular/pluggable profile components (like OOP and
6 >> multiple base classes), that's not going to happen in Portage for a
7 >> long time.
8 >
9 > Not exactly. The problem is that everything inherits from
10 > profiles/arch/mips and currently that forces o32 with mgorny's multilib
11 > stuff. We need to get that out of the way for the other profiles that
12 > inherit it.
13
14 Oh wait, maybe we mean the same thing here. I'm not sure. When you say
15 the same base profile, do you mean profile/arch/mips? In that case we
16 are saying the same thing.
17
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19 Anthony G. Basile, Ph. D.
20 Chair of Information Technology
21 D'Youville College
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Re: [gentoo-mips] multilib problems on mips64 profiles Joshua Kinard <kumba@g.o>