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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: multilib amd64 news item for review
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2015 17:52:11
Message-Id: mf9e3m$51d$1@ger.gmane.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: multilib amd64 news item for review by "Michał Górny"
1 On 29/03/15 20:28, Michał Górny wrote:
2 > Dnia 2015-03-29, o godz. 19:59:19
3 > Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.com> napisał(a):
4 >> According to emerge --info, ABI_X86 seems to append, not override. In
5 >> make.conf:
6 >>
7 >> ABI_X86="32"
8 >>
9 >> Then:
10 >>
11 >> $ emerge --info | grep -i abi_x86
12 >>
13 >> You get:
14 >>
15 >> ABI_X86="32 64"
16 >>
17 >>
18 >> "64" seems to be always there. You cannot override it. Using
19 >> ABI_X86="32" in make.conf seems to only append "32" to the default.
20 >
21 > Portage may do that because it's forced by default. But some packages
22 > 'unforce' it, and that's when it matters.
23 >
24 >>
25 >> If this is not the case, and "*/* abi_x86_32" in package.use really does
26 >> something different, then this is implemented in a way too confusing for
27 >> people and should be considered a bug :-/
28 >
29 > Yes, USE support in make.conf is a big pile of random misbehaviors
30 > and bugs that need to be killed with fire.
31
32 Looks like I'm moving USE flags and abi_x86_32 into package.use...
33
34 I hope that doesn't compromise emerge --info output for bugzilla issues?