Re: [gentoo-user] libav and ffmpeg on the same computer issue once again

[Mick]

On Saturday 16 May 2015 09:26:14 gevisz wrote:
> 2015-05-16 10:51 GMT+03:00 gevisz <gevisz@×××××.com>:
       
> >        So, if I get no better suggestions, I will enable abi_x86_32
> >        globally and try to update the world once more.
>
> Lukily, this approach worked out. Currently I am updating and recompiling
> 199 packages but the blockers disappeared.
>
> >        If that will not work, I will remove the libav USE flag from
> >        /etc/portage/make.conf and try to update the world for the last
> >        time.
>
> Now, when everything ended well, I can accept that by the phrase
> "to update the world for the last time" above I meant that I was going
> to switch to other Linux distribution if this issue with
> ffmpeg-libav-multilib could not be solved in an elegant way, that is,
> without poking with every single package, which is really ugly.
>
> Luckily, everything ended well and I am happy to stay with Gentoo,
> but I should mention that, having such issues with multilib profile,
> enabling abi_x86_32 on per package base really should be unrecommended
> way to maintain the system and users should be warned about it.

I'm afraid I cannot agree with you on this.  On older PCs I would rather did 
not have to install abi_x86_32 for packages that I don't need to.  The 
granular approach suits me better and also aligns better with the light-footed 
Gentoo approach.

I think had you followed my suggestion you could have found that by remerging 
half a dozen packages at most, your conflict would have been resolved.  Either 
way you got a result, so whatever works.  :-)

-- 
Regards,
Mick