On 30/03/2015 00:10, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > Am 29.03.2015 um 20:16 schrieb Alan McKinnon: > >>> I have to do that for 195 ebuilds here and really wonder if that is >>> correct in the end .... >> >> >> >> It's a horrible solution, you are right. The problem is that it's not >> your 32 bit apps that have to be listed, it's all the libs and deps they >> have that need 32 bit versions to be built. >> >> If you have a fast cpu, much disk space and don't care about using some >> extra resources, you can always add USE="abi_xx86_32" to make.conf and >> make it global. Every package that supports building 32 bit versions >> will then be recompiled. > > Is that as it is meant to be or some not-so-ideal-switch that will soon > get some polishing? > > IMO I shouldn't have to list hundreds of packages (I had to add more and > more) in some non-default-list ... even when I decide to run unstable > (~amd64). > > My main system isn't that special at all, gnome, systemd, libreoffice, > thunderbird, some browsers ... > > Stuff like that makes me really wonder if I spend too much of my life > time struggling with doing *updates* > > I like Gentoo, you all know, but things like that scare me off a bit.
This is Gentoo, it's all about choice. Sometimes there's a downside, like a very long package.use to define to Portage exactly what your choice really is. Setting the flag globally is covered in today's news item on the matter, so I assume the devs are supporting it -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
