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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: /usr/portage/distfiles for amd64 and x86 -- the same?
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 07:44:22
Message-Id: it4f10$pg0$1@dough.gmane.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] /usr/portage/distfiles for amd64 and x86 -- the same? by Pandu Poluan
1 On 06/13/2011 08:29 AM, Pandu Poluan wrote:
2 > Please forgive my (probably) stupid question:
3 >
4 > Are the distfiles in /usr/portage/distfiles identical for both amd64
5 > and x86 Gentoo?
6
7 Usually. But an ebuild can specify a different distfile for x86 but use
8 the same name. This isn't dangerous though, since the checksum will
9 catch it. That means you can use the same distfiles directory for both,
10 and if you come across an ebuild that does weird stuff, portage will
11 bark and re-download the correct distfile.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: /usr/portage/distfiles for amd64 and x86 -- the same? Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>