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Michał Górny posted on Wed, 20 Dec 2017 14:40:27 +0100 as excerpted: |
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> A new set of 17.1 amd64 profiles has been added to the Gentoo |
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> repository. Those profiles switch to a more standard 'no SYMLINK_LIB' |
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> multilib layout, |
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> and require explicit migration as described below. They are considered |
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> experimental at the moment, and have a fair risk of breaking your |
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> system. We would therefore like to ask our users to test them on their |
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> non-production ~amd64 systems. |
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> In those profiles, the lib->lib64 compatibility symlink is removed. |
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> The 'lib' directory becomes a separate directory, that is used for |
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> cross-arch and native non-library packages (gcc, clang) and 32-bit |
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> libraries on the multilib profile (for better compatibility with |
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> prebuilt x86 packages). |
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In all this I don't see an answer to one question: |
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Will this eventually be the only supported choice, or is the |
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compatibility-symlinked version going to be supported going forward too? |
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If it's to be only-supported, what's the timeline? |
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Here's why I'm asking: I'm on nomultilib and already have usrmerge (tho |
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reverse, with / being canonical and /usr -> .), and (s)bin merge, so I |
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already have a single canonical /bin and a single canonical /lib64, with |
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various symlinks making the other paths work as well. |
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So there's no reason or benefit to me splitting /lib and /lib64 again, as |
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that would go against the concept of the usr and sbin merges I've already |
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done, and the long-time lib merges that gentoo has had on amd64 since |
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before I switched to gentoo in 2004. I've found I quite /like/ having a |
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single bin dir and a single lib dir for everything, and this would undo |
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that, forcing me to mentally track separate lib locations once again. |
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So I'll probably keep my merged lib here, managing it much like I do my |
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merged bin and root/usr, but it'd be nice to know whether that's going to |
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remain an official layout or not, and if not, what the timeframe for |
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removing it is. |
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-- |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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