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Hello, amd64 users. |
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As you know, we were working on a better multilib support in Gentoo for |
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a long time. Finally, we believe that most of the outraging issues were |
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fixed and we'd like to request a wide testing of our new, shiny tool. |
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For your convenience, we have created a mirror of standard amd64 Linux |
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profiles in no-emul-linux-x86 flavor: |
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[9] default/linux/amd64/13.0/no-emul-linux-x86 |
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[10] default/linux/amd64/13.0/no-emul-linux-x86/desktop |
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[11] default/linux/amd64/13.0/no-emul-linux-x86/desktop/gnome |
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[12] default/linux/amd64/13.0/no-emul-linux-x86/desktop/gnome/systemd |
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[13] default/linux/amd64/13.0/no-emul-linux-x86/desktop/kde |
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[14] default/linux/amd64/13.0/no-emul-linux-x86/desktop/kde/systemd |
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[15] default/linux/amd64/13.0/no-emul-linux-x86/developer |
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[16] default/linux/amd64/13.0/no-emul-linux-x86/selinux |
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Those profiles mask all app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-* packages |
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and some other unsupported configurations, therefore helping Portage |
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make your system full gx86-multilib. Please test them well since |
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eventually they will be merged onto the regular profiles, along with |
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emul-linux-x86 packages being last rited for removal. |
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The profiles are mostly intended for ~amd64 users. Stable amd64 users |
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have to expect some keywording issues that we are in the process of |
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resolving [1]. It is also recommended to use the newest Portage version |
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available since Zac is improving the dependency resolver every day. |
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There are two strategies for migrating existing systems: |
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1. You can set ABI_X86="32 64" in your make.conf to enable multilib |
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build in all installed packages that support it. This is the easy way |
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but it also means that you're going to build a lot of unneeded 32-bit |
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libraries. |
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2. You can enable abi_x86_32 as-needed. This involves some extra effort |
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but you get only what you need (well, not exactly but close enough). |
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Portage's --autounmask helps a lot here, but you may need to upgrade |
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Portage for better suggestions :). |
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Please enjoy testing and let us know of your experience (e.g. by |
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replying to this mail on gentoo-dev@). |
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[1]:https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=525254 |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |
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