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On 12/09/2014 11:21, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> Dnia 2014-12-08, o godz. 09:56:11 |
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> Alexis Ballier <aballier@g.o> napisał(a): |
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>> On Sun, 7 Dec 2014 11:37:57 +0100 |
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>> Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote: |
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>>> 1. No cross-compilation support. If the project proves being a success |
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>>> it will be readded at some point. However, I will likely fork glibc |
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>>> first and work on a sane crossdev alternative. |
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>> Could you please elaborate on this ? |
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>> How and why this broke, what is wrong in glibc, what would be a "sane |
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>> crossdev alternative" and how crossdev is not. |
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> 1. eblits are broken in glibc. Another case of incorrect interpretation |
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> of code sharing with love for breaking stable ebuilds. Plus I'd love to |
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> add multilib flags to it but we'll likely doing that to main glibc as |
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> well soon, if eblits don't get into our way. |
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Originally, eblits were supposed to be ways of sharing common blocks of code |
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between ebuilds in a specific package, but not anything that would warrant a |
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new eclass (local package eclasses, kinda?). They never really took off for |
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reasons lost to time. I use them in mips-sources, but version them so that if |
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I change an eblit, it gets a new version and the old version is removed only |
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when there are no more consumers. |
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The idea of eblits itself isn't bad, but probably could use some re-thinking |
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and/or re-implementation. Especially if a decent amount of kilobytes can be |
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shaved off a given package's directory. |
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> 2. crossdev is broken because it creates semi-random, unmaintained |
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> ebuilds in randomly chosen overlay, those ebuilds relying on |
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> toolchain.eclass behavior. |
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I would argue this isn't necessarily "broken". crossdev produces working |
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cross-toolchains and is a valuable tool for anyone running multiple arches, |
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especially slower arches. How it produces said working cross-toolchains is an |
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implementation detail. Don't be so hasty as to throw the baby out with the |
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bathwater. |
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Joshua Kinard |
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Gentoo/MIPS |
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kumba@g.o |
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4096R/D25D95E3 2011-03-28 |
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"The past tempts us, the present confuses us, the future frightens us. And our |
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lives slip away, moment by moment, lost in that vast, terrible in-between." |
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--Emperor Turhan, Centauri Republic |
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