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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: abi_x86_32
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 06:21:09
Message-Id: kj6079$bgt$1@ger.gmane.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: abi_x86_32 by Raffaele BELARDI
1 On 29/03/13 16:21, Raffaele BELARDI wrote:
2 > By the way, I found this:
3 >
4 > $ cat /usr/portage/profiles/desc/abi_x86.desc
5 >[...]
6 > 32 - 32-bit (x86) libraries
7 > 64 - 64-bit (amd64) libraries
8 > x32 - x32 ABI libraries
9 >
10 > ...and searching for USE_EXPAND in
11 > http://devmanual.gentoo.org/general-concepts/use-flags/ shows that
12 > USE="abi_x86_32" and ABI_X86="32" have the same meaning, which was my
13 > other doubt.
14
15 It's just a way to provide a default but still be able to override it if
16 needed. Putting ABI_X86="32" in your make.conf will enable abi_x86_32
17 for all ebuilds, but you can disable it for individual ebuilds by using
18 -abi_x86_32 in package.use.