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 49CCF138C9D for ; Sat, 25 Apr 2015 10:45:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9D379E089A; Sat, 25 Apr 2015 10:45:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail0131.smtp25.com (mail0131.smtp25.com [75.126.84.131]) (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 6D146E0872 for ; Sat, 25 Apr 2015 10:45:19 +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 t3PAjGTR016245 for ; Sat, 25 Apr 2015 06:45:16 -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: References: <12441.1429904241@ccs.covici.com> <10896.1429908712@ccs.covici.com> <7152.1429913341@ccs.covici.com> <20238.1429935003@ccs.covici.com> Comments: In-reply-to Rich Freeman message dated "Sat, 25 Apr 2015 06:40:10 -0400." 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: <16240.1429958716.1@ccs.covici.com> Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2015 06:45:16 -0400 Message-ID: <16244.1429958716@ccs.covici.com> X-SpamH-OriginatingIP: 70.109.53.110 X-SpamH-Filter: d-out-001.smtp25.com-t3PAjGrb002023 X-Archives-Salt: 3af8e8e8-aa9a-4612-b3ab-73ab3e3d23f2 X-Archives-Hash: ddd62e5b82aadeeda4dbd3a1031fa5b1 Rich Freeman wrote: > On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 12:10 AM, wrote: > > Well, now that I have put abi_x86_32 in make.conf and did those 80 > > packages and fixed the preserved_libs, in my next update it wants to do > > 199 reinstalls to get every possible package which has that flag -- do I > > need all that or should I go back to the individual packages, now that > > things are fixed as far as the libs are concerned? Do I gain anything > > by having all those packages have that flagg set? > > That's up to personal preference. You've already found a few on this > list telling you that you should just set it in make.conf. You won't > have trouble finding many others (including me) who will tell you to > just stick it in package.use when needed only. > > 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? -- 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