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On Sat, 9 Jul 2016 23:01:24 +0200 |
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Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote: |
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> Hello, everyone. |
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> I've finally gotten around to wrapping up my multilib setup |
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> in a profile, and providing necessary patches to system packages |
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> to make it possible to use it without having to hack their mistaken |
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> logic around. |
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> |
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> The profile is called 'no-lib-symlink', and is provided as an alternate |
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> amd64 variant. Unlike the common profiles, it is based on three lib* |
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> directories: lib32 for 32-bit binaries, lib64 for 64-bit binaries |
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> and lib as a directory for software packages only (the new-style |
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> libexec). |
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> Please note that this is not the goal layout Gentoo should be working |
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> towards. In that layout, 'lib' needs to be used for 32-bit binaries for |
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> ABI compatibility's sake. My layout is rather targeted at developers who |
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> can benefit from having a clear split on where packages install files, |
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> and therefore being able to catch mistakes such as using 'lib' and |
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> $(get_libdir) interchangeably. |
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> This batch of patches includes also three patches for base system |
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> packages: |
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> a. a patch to prevent glibc from overriding LIBDIR* variables set by |
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> profiles. The logic used there is probably used for cross-compiling, |
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> and so it is moved into cross-compiling branch of code. |
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> b. a patch to fix 'else' branch of baselayout for SYMLINK_LIB=no |
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> systems. For some reason, this branch created 'lib' symlink when 'lib' |
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> did not exist -- therefore triggering another branch of code on next |
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> baselayout installation that replaced the symlink with a directory. |
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> The patch changes it to create the directory instead. |
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> c. a patch to prevent baselayout from complaining when both lib |
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> and lib32 are separate directories. In order to cover that case while |
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> preserving compatibility with the original intent, it skips |
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> the complaint when lib32 is considered a valid directory as well as lib. |
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> |
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> -- |
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> Best regards, |
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> Michał Górny |
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> |
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> --- |
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> Michał Górny (4): |
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> sys-libs/glibc: Do not reset multilib vars unless cross-compilnig, |
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> #588368 |
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> sys-apps/baselayout: Fix SYMLINK_LIB=no to create lib dir instead of |
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> sym |
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> sys-apps/baselayout: Do not complain about lib+lib32 when it is valid |
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Committed those three now. |
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> profiles: Add an amd64 no-lib-symlink profile |
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Abandoned this one. |
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-- |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |
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<http://dev.gentoo.org/~mgorny/> |
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