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On czw, 2017-08-03 at 07:50 +0000, Martin Vaeth wrote: |
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> Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o> wrote: |
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> > Debian puts 64-bit libs in /lib/(host) |
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> Yes, this is somewhat weird: |
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> They have /lib/i386-linux-gnu/ and /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ |
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> but anyway they use /lib32 instead of e.g. /lib/i686-linux-gnu/ |
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> Their reasons for this are mysterious to me. |
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> > Migrating Gentoo to a "multiarch" config is a larger project. |
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> Migrating to the completely split setting /lib{,32,64,x32} |
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> would be _less_ intrusive than to simultaneously omitting /lib32: |
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> With a slight modification of Michał's tool (in the instructions |
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> and keeping lib32 untouched) not even a re-emerge of anything |
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> would be necessary (as is the case now). |
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I have been running such a layout for over a year. I've stopped when |
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base-system proactively blocked it in baselayout, and multiple people |
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in Gentoo rejected providing support for it. |
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> This is one of the reasons why a completely split layout appears |
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> safer to me than to combine it with yet another new merge we |
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> have no experience with. |
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Except that it breaks every 32-bit x86 pre-built executable. |
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Anyway, this is off-topic and a waste of everyone's time. Please review |
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the tool instead of waking up last-minute to redesign everything that's |
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been designed for 10+ years. |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |
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