On Friday 24 April 2009 14:06:15 Frank Peters wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I just switched to Gentoo from another distribution and my > only regret is that I did not make the switch much earlier. > Gentoo is a fantastic way of managing Linux and I am grateful > to all those who have made it possible. > > However, as I continue to build my current Linux x64 (amd64) > system with emerge, there is one minor annoyance that I can't > eliminate. During each emerge there is a warning message: > > * Your CFLAGS contains "-m64" which can break packages. > * Your CXXFLAGS contains "-m64" which can break packages. > > My system is no-multilib; it is a pure 64-bit system. The > "-m64" compiler flag will not, and does not, adversely affect > the system in any way. > > As I mentioned, this warning is merely an annoyance, but it > does slow down the emerge process for several seconds as > the program pauses to give sufficient time for the warning > message to be read. If a large number of packages is being > emerged, this can add up to a lot of time. > > Is there some way I can eliminate this warning without removing > the "-m64" option? > > Frank Peters Hello and welcome :)
Why are you using -m64 directly on your CFLAGS ( on /etc/make.conf ) Did you take a look on the following documentation? http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-amd64-faq.xml#cflags http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Safe_Cflags -- Markos Chandras (hwoarang) Gentoo Linux Developer Qt/KDE/Sunrise/Sound Web: http://hwoarang.silverarrow.gr
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