Re: [gentoo-user] Few blockers left

[Neil Bothwick]

On Mon, 27 Mar 2017 06:36:59 -0600, thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote:

> >> I just added to make.conf
> >> ABI_X86="32 64"
> >
> > You can do that, but it build a lot of 32 bit libraries that you don't
> > need, significantly increasing build times.
>
> That is true, so how do you clean up package.use with all these entries.
> from:
> # required by sys-libs/ncurses-5.9-r99::gentoo
> # required by sys-apps/texinfo-5.2::gentoo
> # required by dev-db/mariadb-10.0.21::gentoo
> # required by virtual/mysql-5.6-r2::gentoo
> # required by dev-perl/DBD-mysql-4.31.0::gentoo
> >=sys-libs/ncurses-5.9-r5:0 abi_x86_32
>
> to:
> sys-libs/ncurses abi_x86_32

That's pruning too far, you have removed the slot specifier. You could do

sed '/^#/d' /etc/portage/package.use

But then you lose all explanation of why those entries are in
package.use.


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Neil Bothwick

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