Re: [gentoo-user] serious problems trying to go to new abi_x86_32 support

[Rich Freeman <rich0@gentoo.org>]

On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 12:10 AM,  <covici@ccs.covici.com> 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.

-- 
Rich