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PostPosted: Mon Aug 02, 2021 1:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hu wrote:
How does that differ from a multilib profile which never sets ABI_X86=32 on any package? What packages would be configured differently or excluded on such a system?
Arrgh,
some ten years ago I decided for multilib. Back then I was thinking that every package needs the USE abi_x86_32 set. At that time I wasn't aware of Gentoo features like
USE="bull" emerge cow

But:
@The Doctor seems to know the trouble of some corner cases ...
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 02, 2021 1:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Anon-E-moose wrote:
Been a while since I swapped, but IIRC the only thing you have if you don't set the abi 32 flag is a multi sandbox, glibc and gcc
Ok,
that the profile says. But what if from a minimal multilib system you try to switch back. Perhaps, this is like a backup you know you have but you never tried to re-animate? I would have thought you would need some libtool and more perhaps ....
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