Re: [gentoo-dev] multilib amd64 news item for review

[Michał Górny]

Dnia 2015-03-15, o godz. 15:43:56
Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> napisał(a):

> >>>>> On Sun, 15 Mar 2015, Michał Górny wrote:
>
> > Hello, everyone. Here's the first draft of news item for
> > gx86-multilib. I tried to cover all the important aspects. Please
> > review and let me know what you think.
>
> > Title: True multilib support on amd64
> > Author: Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o>
> > Content-Type: text/plain
> > Posted: 2015-01-28
> > Revision: 1
> > News-Item-Format: 1.0
> > Display-If-Keyword: amd64
> > Display-If-Keyword: ~amd64
>
> Users of no-multilib profiles won't be affected, so maybe
> Display-If-Profile should be used (in addition, or instead of
> Display-If-Keyword)?

Display-If-Profile does exact profile matching, so we'd have to keep
an up-to-date list of all profiles derived from multilib amd64...

> > Starting with 2015-03-29, we are enabling the true multilib support
> > on amd64 and masking the old emul-linux-x86 package sets for removal.
> > This change provides
>
> I'm not a native speaker, but shouldn't a future tense be used here?
>
> >                      our users with the opportunity to build 32-bit
> > libraries from source with all the flexibility given by ebuilds, rather
> > than relying on pre-packaged binary versions of them.
>
> > The switch to the new system is likely to require a specific action from
> > the users of our multilib profiles. Since the new system collides with
> > the old one, the Package Manager must be able to clearly satisfy all
> > the dependencies using the new system in order to proceed. This may
> > require unmerging packages installed from third-party repositories that
> > have not been updated to support the new system.
>
> > In order to enable building necessary 32-bit libraries, users will be
> > required to enable the abi_x86_32 USE flag on respective packages.
>
> How? Maybe add a hint that this should be done in package.accept_keywords?

It can't :P. But added a hint for package.use.

> > In most of the cases, Portage will be able to deliver correct
> > suggestions for that when using the --autounmask feature. However, some
> > users may prefer setting ABI_X86 globally to enable 32-bit libraries
> > in all packages supporting building them.
>
> Again, add a hint how to do this?

Likewise.

> > In case of issues, blockers especially, the users users
>
> s/the users users/users/

Fixed.

> >                                                         are recommended
> > to manually uninstall any emul-linux-x86 packages that may have been
> > installed on their systems. This will aid the Package Manager
> > in choosing the correct dependency resolution path. If using Portage,
> > this can be done using the following command:
>
> >     $ emerge -C 'app-emulation/emul-linux-x86*'
>
> > Note that after performing this step, 32-bit applications on your system
>
> So far you have used third person throughout, so avoid the "your"
> here.

Fixed.

>
> > may become temporarily broken. Therefore, this step should be followed
> > by a @world upgrade immediately.
>
> Maybe a pointer to the wiki could be added? How about this:
> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Multilib_System_without_emul-linux_Packages
> (with that page being updated if necessary).

If someone has time to uncruft that wiki page, I'd be happy to link it.

-- 
Best regards,
Michał Górny