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From:	Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
To:	gentoo-mips@l.g.o
Cc:	"Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>, mips@g.o, multilib@g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-mips] On MIPS using the same CHOST for all multilib ABIs
Date:	Sun, 29 Dec 2013 02:12:52
Message-Id:	`201312282112.54630.vapier@gentoo.org`
In Reply to:	[gentoo-mips] On MIPS using the same CHOST for all multilib ABIs by "Michał Górny"

1	On Saturday 28 December 2013 17:58:39 Michał Górny wrote:
2	> I've noticed today that mips uses the same CHOST value for all three
3	> ABIs it supports:
4
5	mips isn't the only one
6
7	> 1. wrapped headers are put in /usr/include/$CHOST,
8
9	then you're doing it wrong. you cannot assume CHOST uniqueness.
10
11	> 2. multilib executables are prefixed with $CHOST-.
12
13	most multilib packages shouldn't be installing more than one binary in the
14	first place
15
16	> (1) here is not really a killer feature but I'd rather avoid changing
17	> this at this point. (2) is actually a killer feature, since the eclass
18	> sets CHOST properly and thanks to that AC_CHECK_TOOL and friends can
19	> find multilib *-config progs and stuff without any special hackery.
20
21	*-config progs are dead. use pkg-config.
22	-mike

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