[gentoo-commits] data/gentoo-news:master commit in: 2020-09-06-riscv-multilib-going-away/

[Andreas K. Hüttel]

commit:     28c8d820d4912d5e86d6b64d6ed5ae19dee5ace8
Author:     Andreas K. Hüttel <dilfridge <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Sun Sep  6 10:41:44 2020 +0000
Commit:     Andreas K. Hüttel <dilfridge <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Sun Sep  6 10:41:44 2020 +0000
URL:        https://gitweb.gentoo.org/data/gentoo-news.git/commit/?id=28c8d820

Add riscv-multilib-going-away news item

Signed-off-by: Andreas K. Hüttel <dilfridge <AT> gentoo.org>

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+Title: riscv multilib profile is going away
+Author: Andreas K. Hüttel <dilfridge@g.o>
+Posted: 2020-09-06
+Revision: 1
+News-Item-Format: 2.0
+Display-If-Profile: default/linux/riscv/17.0/rv64gc
+
+The Gentoo RISC-V team is discontinuing the riscv64 multilib stages and
+profile. The main reason for this is that with the upcoming introduction
+of riscv32 a multilib stage would contain both 32bit and 64bit binaries,
+and so far no hardware exists that is able to run both and thus update
+the stage or installation (unless you use qemu).
+
+Please switch to the rv64gc/lp64d profile. This is done by
+* selecting default/linux/riscv/17.0/rv64gc/lp64d with eselect profile
+* rebuilding gcc
+    emerge -1 sys-devel/gcc
+* and then rebuilding your system
+    emerge -ev @world
+
+The default/linux/riscv/17.0/rv64gc profile will stop functioning soon.