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From: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
To: "René Neumann" <lists@××××××.eu>
Cc: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] multilib amd64 news item for review
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 16:30:05
Message-Id: 20150317172950.75a3872d@pomiot.lan
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] multilib amd64 news item for review by "René Neumann"
1 Dnia 2015-03-17, o godz. 16:55:32
2 René Neumann <lists@××××××.eu> napisał(a):
3
4 > Am 17.03.2015 um 16:33 schrieb Michał Górny:
5 > > However, some
6 > > users may prefer setting ABI_X86 globally to enable 32-bit libraries
7 > > in all packages that support building them. This can be done using
8 > > the following package.use entry:
9 > >
10 > > */* abi_x86_32
11 > >
12 >
13 > I'm confused: Has this a different semantics from adding
14 > USE+='abi_x86_32' to make.conf? If no, why mention this strange way
15 > (which is new to me) for setting default global useflags.
16
17 Because this is how users learn new fun stuff. Like sane configuration.
18
19 > And to bring this even further: Wouldn't the nicest approach to add
20 > ABI_X86="32"
21
22 This will disable some 64-bit web browser plugins.
23
24 > or
25 > ABI_X86="32 64"
26 > to make.conf? (With the latter being more descriptive, as the first one
27 > might suggest that _only_ 32bit should be built).
28
29 This will enable some possibly-unwanted 64-bit software, e.g. 64-bit
30 Windows support in wine.
31
32 --
33 Best regards,
34 Michał Górny

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Re: [gentoo-dev] multilib amd64 news item for review "Andreas K. Huettel" <dilfridge@g.o>
[gentoo-dev] Re: multilib amd64 news item for review Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.com>