Dnia 2015-03-15, o godz. 15:43:56 Ulrich Mueller <u...@gentoo.org> napisał(a):
> >>>>> On Sun, 15 Mar 2015, Michał Górny wrote: > > > Hello, everyone. Here's the first draft of news item for > > gx86-multilib. I tried to cover all the important aspects. Please > > review and let me know what you think. > > > Title: True multilib support on amd64 > > Author: Michał Górny <mgo...@gentoo.org> > > Content-Type: text/plain > > Posted: 2015-01-28 > > Revision: 1 > > News-Item-Format: 1.0 > > Display-If-Keyword: amd64 > > Display-If-Keyword: ~amd64 > > Users of no-multilib profiles won't be affected, so maybe > Display-If-Profile should be used (in addition, or instead of > Display-If-Keyword)? Display-If-Profile does exact profile matching, so we'd have to keep an up-to-date list of all profiles derived from multilib amd64... > > Starting with 2015-03-29, we are enabling the true multilib support > > on amd64 and masking the old emul-linux-x86 package sets for removal. > > This change provides > > I'm not a native speaker, but shouldn't a future tense be used here? > > > our users with the opportunity to build 32-bit > > libraries from source with all the flexibility given by ebuilds, rather > > than relying on pre-packaged binary versions of them. > > > The switch to the new system is likely to require a specific action from > > the users of our multilib profiles. Since the new system collides with > > the old one, the Package Manager must be able to clearly satisfy all > > the dependencies using the new system in order to proceed. This may > > require unmerging packages installed from third-party repositories that > > have not been updated to support the new system. > > > In order to enable building necessary 32-bit libraries, users will be > > required to enable the abi_x86_32 USE flag on respective packages. > > How? Maybe add a hint that this should be done in package.accept_keywords? It can't :P. But added a hint for package.use. > > In most of the cases, Portage will be able to deliver correct > > suggestions for that when using the --autounmask feature. However, some > > users may prefer setting ABI_X86 globally to enable 32-bit libraries > > in all packages supporting building them. > > Again, add a hint how to do this? Likewise. > > In case of issues, blockers especially, the users users > > s/the users users/users/ Fixed. > > are recommended > > to manually uninstall any emul-linux-x86 packages that may have been > > installed on their systems. This will aid the Package Manager > > in choosing the correct dependency resolution path. If using Portage, > > this can be done using the following command: > > > $ emerge -C 'app-emulation/emul-linux-x86*' > > > Note that after performing this step, 32-bit applications on your system > > So far you have used third person throughout, so avoid the "your" > here. Fixed. > > > may become temporarily broken. Therefore, this step should be followed > > by a @world upgrade immediately. > > Maybe a pointer to the wiki could be added? How about this: > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Multilib_System_without_emul-linux_Packages > (with that page being updated if necessary). If someone has time to uncruft that wiki page, I'd be happy to link it. -- Best regards, Michał Górny
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