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>>>>> On Sun, 11 May 2014, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> The gx86-multilib project is working hard to bring our users a better |
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> experience in multilib support. Eventually, we would like to phase out |
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> emul-linux and replace it with less flawed multilib-build solution. |
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> However, that requires a lot of work and we need your help. |
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> One of the major flaws of the emul-linux solution was that a single |
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> package corresponded to multiple libraries. For proper multilib |
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> support, we need to unbundle those and replace the dependencies on |
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> emul-linux with detailed library dependencies. Doing this properly |
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> often requires access to the executables. |
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This looks like a problem similar to the one we had when porting from |
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monolithic to modular X11. There were some tools at the time that |
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would help with dependency checking: |
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http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/porting-modular-x-howto.xml |
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Maybe some of that old wisdom could be used for solving the new |
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problem? |
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Ulrich |
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