2015-05-16 11:55 GMT+03:00 Mick <michaelkintz...@gmail.com>: > On Saturday 16 May 2015 09:26:14 gevisz wrote: >> 2015-05-16 10:51 GMT+03:00 gevisz <gev...@gmail.com>: > >> > So, if I get no better suggestions, I will enable abi_x86_32 >> > globally and try to update the world once more. >> >> Lukily, this approach worked out. Currently I am updating and recompiling >> 199 packages but the blockers disappeared. >> >> > If that will not work, I will remove the libav USE flag from >> > /etc/portage/make.conf and try to update the world for the last >> > time. >> >> Now, when everything ended well, I can accept that by the phrase >> "to update the world for the last time" above I meant that I was going >> to switch to other Linux distribution if this issue with >> ffmpeg-libav-multilib could not be solved in an elegant way, that is, >> without poking with every single package, which is really ugly. >> >> Luckily, everything ended well and I am happy to stay with Gentoo, >> but I should mention that, having such issues with multilib profile, >> enabling abi_x86_32 on per package base really should be unrecommended >> way to maintain the system and users should be warned about it. > > 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. > I think had you followed my suggestion you could have found that > by remerging half a dozen packages at most, your conflict would > have been resolved. I think so, but this is what I call ugly. > Either way you got a result, so whatever works. :-) Yes, thank you.
