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* [gentoo-user] Re: Will profile 17.0 break 3rd party binaries?
  @ 2017-12-05  0:05 99% ` Holger Hoffstätte
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From: Holger Hoffstätte @ 2017-12-05  0:05 UTC (permalink / raw
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On Mon, 04 Dec 2017 22:42:45 +0000, Grant Edwards wrote:

> There are a number of third-party binary executables that I use
> regularly on my Gentoo systems.  These are dynamically linked, x86-64,
> programs that typically depend on various X11 and Qt/Gtk libraries.
> They were either extracted from .rpm/.deb files or distributed as
> shell-archive self-installers by their respective vendors.
> 
> Is switching to the new 17.0 profile likely to break them?

Good question. I've been using a pie-enabled gcc 7.2 for months before
the 17.0 profile switch and both acroread and skype (the new one) still
work, so chances are your stuff will too.

-h



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