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On 30/03/2015 00:10, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: |
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> Am 29.03.2015 um 20:16 schrieb Alan McKinnon: |
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>>> I have to do that for 195 ebuilds here and really wonder if that is |
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>>> correct in the end .... |
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>> It's a horrible solution, you are right. The problem is that it's not |
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>> your 32 bit apps that have to be listed, it's all the libs and deps they |
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>> have that need 32 bit versions to be built. |
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>> If you have a fast cpu, much disk space and don't care about using some |
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>> extra resources, you can always add USE="abi_xx86_32" to make.conf and |
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>> make it global. Every package that supports building 32 bit versions |
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>> will then be recompiled. |
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> Is that as it is meant to be or some not-so-ideal-switch that will soon |
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> get some polishing? |
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> IMO I shouldn't have to list hundreds of packages (I had to add more and |
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> more) in some non-default-list ... even when I decide to run unstable |
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> (~amd64). |
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> My main system isn't that special at all, gnome, systemd, libreoffice, |
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> thunderbird, some browsers ... |
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> Stuff like that makes me really wonder if I spend too much of my life |
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> time struggling with doing *updates* |
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> I like Gentoo, you all know, but things like that scare me off a bit. |
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This is Gentoo, it's all about choice. Sometimes there's a downside, |
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like a very long package.use to define to Portage exactly what your |
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choice really is. |
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Setting the flag globally is covered in today's news item on the matter, |
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so I assume the devs are supporting it |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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