On Sun, 23 Sep 2012 11:07:30 +0200 Thomas Sachau <to...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> Matt Turner schrieb: > > On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 2:24 PM, Michał Górny <mgo...@gentoo.org> wrote: > >> It is a simple eclass using autotools out-of-source builds to build > >> packages for multiple ABIs when multilib is supported. > > > > Thanks a lot, Michał! This looks good to me. > > > >> Use case: xorg packages, ask Matt. > > > > So the idea is that users want up-to-date 32-bit drivers for games and > > WINE. The emul- packages aren't a very good solution for a number of > > reasons. > > > > I'd like to add multilib USE flags to Mesa and thus its dependencies. > > I realized that almost everything in x11-libs/ could be converted very > > easily, which would allow us to get rid of emul-linux-x86-xlibs in > > addition to emul-linux-x86-opengl. > > > > > > This looks like a shortened duplication of a subset of multilib-portage > features. While this wont hurt multilib-portage (since it does exclude > most actions on ebuilds with USE=multilib), it will mean a rewrite for > many ebuilds, which then again need another rewrite (or more likely > revert), when multilib-portage is accepted in a future EAPI. s/when/if/ > So i would prefer some help/support with multilib-portage to get it > accepted sooner, instead of this additional workaround for a subset of > packages. I prefer the simpler solution. > P.S.: I know, that users, who want up-to-date 32bit drivers for games > and wine do use multilib-portage, so we already have a working solution > for this issue. They will no longer have to do that. -- Best regards, Michał Górny
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