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From: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
To: Mike Gilbert <floppym@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 17:47:19
Message-Id: 20160711194650.3b03adfe.mgorny@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 0/4] New no-lib-symlink profile for developers by Mike Gilbert
1 On Mon, 11 Jul 2016 12:33:54 -0400
2 Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o> wrote:
3
4 > On Sat, Jul 9, 2016 at 5:01 PM, Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote:
5 > > I've finally gotten around to wrapping up my multilib setup
6 > > in a profile, and providing necessary patches to system packages
7 > > to make it possible to use it without having to hack their mistaken
8 > > logic around.
9 >
10 > The baselayout and glibc changes seem like a good idea.
11 >
12 > I don't see much value in creating a new profile though; it's easy
13 > enough for a developer to just stick SYMLINK_LIB=no in make.conf.
14
15 I didn't initially wanted to do the profile either but some developers
16 have refused to support this 'unsupported configuration'. I assume that
17 having an official profile will ensure better cooperation.
18
19 --
20 Best regards,
21 Michał Górny
22 <http://dev.gentoo.org/~mgorny/>

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