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 BCD72138CCE for ; Sat, 16 May 2015 10:40:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DBC13E08C8; Sat, 16 May 2015 10:40:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-f173.google.com (mail-wi0-f173.google.com [209.85.212.173]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6009FE08B2 for ; Sat, 16 May 2015 10:40:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wizk4 with SMTP id k4so20567954wiz.1 for ; Sat, 16 May 2015 03:40:01 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=7FlxTw7rPodgEKS+hg88IqVmjqnI2Vo/PwMrKeglNyQ=; b=PRqIDTMJ4mr9uixaiWqZExo+sEDGJzd4XoDZ2DekWy9zSeITuZlSOdk3efTMvwgToR HNaCGyHoi8+27S2/2CR3tTqeooR7QXICv65GmdECf4wBJVV7a3RYfJnMxh1iZL46aWvC XLD8jvT2ZcL1lUZasPyt7NjBJgwyaGk9w04gRjiY4/yrMYi80Zb9+J9q4hCLqgN6ZGKj 2KuoImG04k5F8+Gz6EcoNVLnDWrj2YgFGNicm46oy1m6WaA0vPGrHikGukikVoAloXVS LCzqqK0Pdv0FVzLQDUoIy57Z1JKvxpFSMrMRbwAWRQgXyPFhVPValAFE19fJmZmp+cRT DCQw== 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 X-Received: by 10.180.82.73 with SMTP id g9mr5120812wiy.87.1431772801401; Sat, 16 May 2015 03:40:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.27.178.16 with HTTP; Sat, 16 May 2015 03:40:01 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20150516112023.61216683@digimed.co.uk> References: <201505160955.47041.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <20150516112023.61216683@digimed.co.uk> Date: Sat, 16 May 2015 13:40:01 +0300 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] libav and ffmpeg on the same computer issue once again From: gevisz To: "gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: 81f69d2c-233a-4001-a40f-99732d66aa30 X-Archives-Hash: 598c301469b7fc8d526600dfdae98721 2015-05-16 13:20 GMT+03:00 Neil Bothwick : > On Sat, 16 May 2015 13:10:21 +0300, gevisz wrote: > >> > I'm afraid I cannot agree with you on this. On older PCs I would >> > rather did not have to install abi_x86_32 for packages that I don't >> > need to. The granular approach suits me better and also aligns >> > better with the light-footed Gentoo approach. >> >> With this "light-footed approach" I had about two full-screen rubbish >> in my /etc/portage/make.conf file and kept adding on almost every >> update. > > Unless your screen is IMAX-sized, two screens of text is a lot more > lightfooted than add extra libraries to nearly 200 packages - and most > of that text is comments anyway. > > As Mick says, you get to choose, but the per-package approach is > definitely lighter on the system. Enabling it globally may be less work > though. I say "may" because when I tried that it introduced some > breakages, If enabling abi_x86_32 globally may introduce breakages, then the multilib profile is even more broken than I ever thought. :-( > so I went for the per-package approach. > -- > Neil Bothwick > > Things are more like they are today than they ever have been before. Yes, I do remember installing Linux on a brand-new laptop in 2003. I had to compile a new kernel only to get the command prompt. And, to get a graphic interface, I had to wait for a new release of the distribution in 2004. :(