From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [134.68.220.30]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j3TMCawD027418 for ; Fri, 29 Apr 2005 22:12:36 GMT Received: from ppsw-9.csi.cam.ac.uk ([131.111.8.139]) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DRdiu-0007Xi-AI for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2005 22:12:36 +0000 X-Cam-SpamDetails: Not scanned X-Cam-AntiVirus: No virus found X-Cam-ScannerInfo: http://www.cam.ac.uk/cs/email/scanner/ Received: from spb42.christs.cam.ac.uk ([131.111.233.172]:27436) by ppsw-9.csi.cam.ac.uk (smtp.hermes.cam.ac.uk [131.111.8.159]:465) with esmtpsa (PLAIN:spb42) (SSLv3:RC4-MD5:128) id 1DRdis-0002EV-Ve (Exim 4.51) for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org (return-path ); Fri, 29 Apr 2005 23:12:34 +0100 Subject: [gentoo-dev] USE_EXPAND and libcs From: Stephen Bennett To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 23:11:33 +0100 Message-Id: <1114812693.21366.15.camel@localhost> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.4 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: spb42@hermes.cam.ac.uk X-Archives-Salt: 1e66d835-3bde-4584-a92e-b21944ecf04e X-Archives-Hash: b3b46db971878361b26234a4b96b92ae Hi all, Since USE_EXPAND has moved into the profiles, and we find ourselves needing to switch code and dependencies based on the libc in use (mainly due to glibc being weird and bundling several other libraries together), I'd like to add a LIBC variable to the profiles, and add it into USE_EXPAND. That way, ebuilds that need to can handle code specific to one libc in a vaguely sane manner. Any objections? Comments? -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list