From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB8CC138C9D for ; Sat, 25 Apr 2015 12:22:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3BBD0E08A0; Sat, 25 Apr 2015 12:22:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail0200.smtp25.com (mail0200.smtp25.com [174.37.170.200]) (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 1928DE0886 for ; Sat, 25 Apr 2015 12:22:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ccs.covici.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.9/8.14.8) with ESMTP id t3PCMQIN015036 for ; Sat, 25 Apr 2015 08:22:26 -0400 From: covici@ccs.covici.com To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] serious problems trying to go to new abi_x86_32 support In-reply-to: <20150425131732.3b6992b4@digimed.co.uk> References: <12441.1429904241@ccs.covici.com> <10896.1429908712@ccs.covici.com> <7152.1429913341@ccs.covici.com> <20238.1429935003@ccs.covici.com> <16244.1429958716@ccs.covici.com> <20150425131732.3b6992b4@digimed.co.uk> Comments: In-reply-to Neil Bothwick message dated "Sat, 25 Apr 2015 13:17:32 +0100." X-Mailer: MH-E 8.5; nmh 1.6; GNU Emacs 23.4.1 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <15034.1429964546.1@ccs.covici.com> Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2015 08:22:26 -0400 Message-ID: <15035.1429964546@ccs.covici.com> X-SpamH-OriginatingIP: 70.109.53.110 X-SpamH-Filter: s-out-001.smtp25.com-t3PCMRj0005317 X-Archives-Salt: b45bb7ee-a6a2-42cc-8d94-3e64b5a18264 X-Archives-Hash: 03f847696bbcfbcbf39d21fb61d6fc5c Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sat, 25 Apr 2015 06:45:16 -0400, covici@ccs.covici.com wrote: > > > > The only thing you gain is being able to run 32-bit applications > > > against those libraries, even if you don't have any need to. The only > > > thing you lose is a bunch of inodes, and maybe some compile time. > > > > Well, that clarifies things a bit -- what is strange is that I had to do > > about 70 packages beffore portage would let the preserved-rebuild go > > through, for future reference is there an automatic way to add all the > > use flags, even the packages which already have other use flags? > > The --autounmask option for emerge does that (you still have to confirm > the changes with etc-update). This is enabled by default, so it appears > you have disabled it in make.conf if you are not already seeing the offer > to add the packages. Yep, I disabled it -- I didn't know autounmask included use flags as well -- thanks for that. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici@ccs.covici.com