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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Machine completely broken; Ncursed!
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2015 21:27:48
Message-Id: 20150411222728.13d8f621@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Machine completely broken; Ncursed! by Alan Grimes
1 On Sat, 11 Apr 2015 15:41:28 -0400, Alan Grimes wrote:
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3 > >> 2. It sent out a profile that sets variable ABI_x86 with 32 bit
4 > >> enabled. ALARM: ABI_x86 should be set in exactly one place:
5 > >> /etc/portage/make.conf and nowhere else. But, nevertheless, ABI_x86
6 > >> WAS set which broke the profile because my system cannot compile 32
7 > >> bit executables.
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9 > > That seems odd, I use several 64 bit profiles here and all of them
10 > > have ABI_X86="64"
11 >
12 > Apparently it is treated like a set-object and 32 bit is added, by the
13 > latest portage without any sanity checking whatsoever.
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15 Maybe I should have been clearer, emerge --info shows ABI_X86="64" and it
16 is NOT set in make.conf. So that setting is the default for each of the
17 profiles I use. Considering you were already experiencing breakage, I
18 think you are rather too quick to blame portage for your problems.
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22 Neil Bothwick
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