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On Sun, 23 Sep 2012 11:07:30 +0200 |
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Thomas Sachau <tommy@g.o> wrote: |
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> Matt Turner schrieb: |
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> > On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 2:24 PM, Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote: |
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> >> It is a simple eclass using autotools out-of-source builds to build |
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> >> packages for multiple ABIs when multilib is supported. |
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> > Thanks a lot, Michał! This looks good to me. |
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> >> Use case: xorg packages, ask Matt. |
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> > So the idea is that users want up-to-date 32-bit drivers for games and |
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> > WINE. The emul- packages aren't a very good solution for a number of |
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> > reasons. |
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> > I'd like to add multilib USE flags to Mesa and thus its dependencies. |
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> > I realized that almost everything in x11-libs/ could be converted very |
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> > easily, which would allow us to get rid of emul-linux-x86-xlibs in |
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> > addition to emul-linux-x86-opengl. |
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> This looks like a shortened duplication of a subset of multilib-portage |
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> features. While this wont hurt multilib-portage (since it does exclude |
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> most actions on ebuilds with USE=multilib), it will mean a rewrite for |
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> many ebuilds, which then again need another rewrite (or more likely |
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> revert), when multilib-portage is accepted in a future EAPI. |
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s/when/if/ |
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> So i would prefer some help/support with multilib-portage to get it |
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> accepted sooner, instead of this additional workaround for a subset of |
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> packages. |
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I prefer the simpler solution. |
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> P.S.: I know, that users, who want up-to-date 32bit drivers for games |
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> and wine do use multilib-portage, so we already have a working solution |
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> for this issue. |
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They will no longer have to do that. |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |
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