From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3B3D613832E for ; Thu, 11 Aug 2016 22:01:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BB7E621C21D; Thu, 11 Aug 2016 22:01:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BC37A21C0A1 for ; Thu, 11 Aug 2016 22:01:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-io0-f178.google.com (mail-io0-f178.google.com [209.85.223.178]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: floppym) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 80A573408D4 for ; Thu, 11 Aug 2016 22:01:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-io0-f178.google.com with SMTP id b62so9017819iod.3 for ; Thu, 11 Aug 2016 15:01:07 -0700 (PDT) X-Gm-Message-State: AEkoousgopvNWo5xcYXZrPMTSiHngq2f6Ata4OYn9AMMfVGpM9jpeW0vicZe8IttGjK6XH/CCFyMwPidPWobTw== X-Received: by 10.107.50.19 with SMTP id y19mr13868577ioy.174.1470952865455; Thu, 11 Aug 2016 15:01:05 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.79.66.70 with HTTP; Thu, 11 Aug 2016 15:00:45 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20160812093435.59ad476b@katipo2.lan> References: <20160811001053.5b98e44a@symphony.aura-online.co.uk> <22444.18637.297626.134016@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> <20160811111141.16bdfcd5@red.yakaraplc.local> <22444.22978.952581.582549@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> <1470927479.5563.16.camel@gentoo.org> <4b09dfc4-b6ca-fb1b-adc3-e9c9da766a10@gentoo.org> <20160811205620.6b782217@symphony.aura-online.co.uk> <20160812093435.59ad476b@katipo2.lan> From: Mike Gilbert Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2016 18:00:45 -0400 X-Gmail-Original-Message-ID: Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] libpcre.so.3 - Compatibility with Debian To: Gentoo Dev Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: ea44c42a-afab-4b82-9a70-cd780f35aabe X-Archives-Hash: f6b765ecfe7e492917cefb62ac5d904a On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 5:34 PM, Kent Fredric wrote: > On Thu, 11 Aug 2016 16:07:27 -0400 > Ian Stakenvicius wrote: > >> but realistically this should be >> installed to /usr/$(get_libdir)/debiancompat/ or similar, and if you >> still don't want to wrap the apps that need it then also install an >> /etc/env.d/ file to add this dir to the LDPATH. > > +1 to this. I was going to suggest something similar. > > At least, because I'm still thinking in a view other than "steam", and > anticipating "Maybe we're going to do more of this" > > If more than one binary application need more than one debian hack, > stuffing all the debian hacks in a special prefix that everyone can use > without polluting the main gentoo stuff is an advantage. > > ( And the separate dir makes it clear what the library is for and why > its there if anyone is trying to weed out some library problem that > still manages to happen despite our attempts ) I also like the private libdir better than installing a symlink in a "standard" libdir.