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Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 12:10 AM, <covici@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> > Well, now that I have put abi_x86_32 in make.conf and did those 80 |
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> > packages and fixed the preserved_libs, in my next update it wants to do |
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> > 199 reinstalls to get every possible package which has that flag -- do I |
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> > need all that or should I go back to the individual packages, now that |
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> > things are fixed as far as the libs are concerned? Do I gain anything |
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> > by having all those packages have that flagg set? |
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> That's up to personal preference. You've already found a few on this |
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> list telling you that you should just set it in make.conf. You won't |
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> have trouble finding many others (including me) who will tell you to |
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> just stick it in package.use when needed only. |
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> The only thing you gain is being able to run 32-bit applications |
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> against those libraries, even if you don't have any need to. The only |
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> thing you lose is a bunch of inodes, and maybe some compile time. |
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Well, that clarifies things a bit -- what is strange is that I had to do |
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about 70 packages beffore portage would let the preserved-rebuild go |
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through, for future reference is there an automatic way to add all the |
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use flags, even the packages which already have other use flags? |
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Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: |
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How do |
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you spend it? |
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John Covici |
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