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Apparently, setting USE=x86 in make.conf on amd64 arch can have funny |
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consequences such as [1]. And I can imagine even more subtle and hard to |
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detect errors due to this. |
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I think it's better to prevent this rather than waste time with bug |
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reports like that. I asked Zac on IRC whether portage could filter such |
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flags. He suggested using use.mask in profiles. Well since ARCH is also |
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set by a profile, why not. Although a really persistent and stupid user |
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could use.unmask, it's better than no protection. And then we can think |
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how to replace the current ARCH->USE flag system with e.g. USE_EXPAND. |
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What do you think? |
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Vlastimil |
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[1] http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=236801 |
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