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Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On 03/04/2015 18:48, covici@××××××××××.com wrote: |
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> > Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> >> On 2015-04-03, Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> >>> On Thu, Apr 02, 2015 at 02:12:40PM -0300, Francisco Ares wrote |
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> >>>> Hi, |
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> >>>> |
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> >>>> How does one know previously which packages will require 32 bit ABI ? |
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> >>>> |
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> >>>> I have two systems (among others) to consider: one is very simple, built |
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> >>>> using as fewer packages as possible, it is the development system for an |
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> >>>> embedded equipment, and it is 64 bit ABI only - no multilib; the other is |
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> >>>> a general purpose workstation, with lots of packages, and someday, by some |
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> >>>> forgotten reason, I needed to install emul-linux-* . |
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> >>> |
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> >>> Can you attach your /var/lib/portage/world file to a post here? I |
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> >>> assume you have nothing embarressing in it. Almost all applications |
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> >>> that used to require 32-bit emulation now run natively on 64-bit |
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> >>> no-multilib. I recently upgraded a 7+ year old machine from 32-bit |
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> >>> Gentoo to 64-bit-only Gentoo (no-multilib) and I don't have any apps |
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> >>> with problems as 64-bit only. |
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> >> |
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> >> The only two 32-bit apps I've run into on my various XFCE machines are |
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> >> grub-legacy (which requires a 32-bit ncurses lib), and acroread (which |
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> >> requires 100+ 32-bit libraries). |
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> > hmmm, I have 7 emul-linux86 packages, but portage did not offer to |
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> > replace them when I checked today for a world update -- I didn't want to |
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> > remove them manually, I thought it might do more harm than good. I am |
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> > not sure whether I need any 32-bit libraries, although I do have |
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> > multilib enabled, but I wonder about those emul-linux-x86 packages. Any |
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> > way for me to tell what is going on here such as dependencies on 32-bit |
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> > libraries? |
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> It's safe to remove emul-linux-x86-* to see what happens next; and |
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> fixing it is trivial. So: |
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> - remove those packages |
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> - fiddle make.conf |
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> - emerge world using -p and inspect the list |
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> If you don;t like what you see, revert your edits and remerge |
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> emul-linux-x86-*. They are binary packages so the emerge is rather |
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> quick. As long as you didn't re-merge anything else in the interim, |
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> nothing will break |
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OK, thanks. |
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-- |
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Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: |
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How do |
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you spend it? |
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John Covici |
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covici@××××××××××.com |