Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: Re: crossdev and multilib interference

[Joshua Kinard <kumba@gentoo.org>]

On 06/17/2014 10:22, Michał Górny wrote:
> Dnia 2014-06-17, o godz. 09:25:32
> Ian Stakenvicius <axs@gentoo.org> napisał(a):
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>> On 16/06/14 07:38 PM, Joshua Kinard wrote:
>>> Can $PATH be configured via our existing eselect tool to
>>> enable/disable the crossdev paths when needed?
>>>
>>
>> Technically it could but not really ; PATH is an environment thing,
>> AFAIK all eselect could do is trigger the addition or removal of
>> entries in /etc/env.d/ , but after that happens one would still need
>> to 'env-update && . /etc/profile' to get the changes.
>>
>> Similarly I don't think using an eselect tool to bring the crossdev
>> tools into the default path (via symlinks) is a great idea either; yes
>> it'd allow users to un-eselect the crossdev tools when errors occur,
>> but the errors would still occur every time a user forgets to do this
>> first.
>>
>> It would be easier to update PATH yourself manually in the shell, I
>> expect; perhaps a quick utility could do that for you (maybe opening
>> up a crossdev-ready subshell) so you don't have to remember the path.
> 
> +1. That's how sane tools work.

+1 for providing a technical reason why my off-the-cuff idea won't work.
This is what we need to address this perceived problem: Ideas.  Weed out the
ones that don't work and figure out what can work, then apply it.

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Joshua Kinard
Gentoo/MIPS
kumba@gentoo.org
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