commit: afaf341f4f3fdf6d866f16fa7c609223da6b8e5f Author: Azamat H. Hackimov <azamat.hackimov <AT> gmail <DOT> com> AuthorDate: Thu Nov 4 13:10:29 2021 +0000 Commit: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> CommitDate: Fri Nov 12 11:09:28 2021 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/devmanual.git/commit/?id=afaf341f
Updated information about 32bit compatibility emul-linux-x86-* packages removed long time ago. Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/821670 Signed-off-by: Azamat H. Hackimov <azamat.hackimov <AT> gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo.org> archs/amd64/text.xml | 19 +++---------------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/archs/amd64/text.xml b/archs/amd64/text.xml index d615e8f..06b4968 100644 --- a/archs/amd64/text.xml +++ b/archs/amd64/text.xml @@ -129,28 +129,15 @@ To understand how this is done in the ebuild, read </subsection> <subsection> -<title>The <c>emul-linux-x86-*</c> packages</title> +<title>32bit compatibility</title> <body> <p> As you read above, 32bit applications must be linked against 32bit libraries. -For that, we've put together the most used libraries and stuck them into the -so-called <c>emul-linux-x86</c> packages, which are located in the -<c>app-emulation</c> category. The current list of all the <c>emul-linux-x86</c> -packages, can be found <uri link="https://dev.gentoo.org/~pacho/emul.html";>here.</uri> +For that, we've made the most common libraries as multilib (via <c>ABI</c> +variable and <c>multilib.eclass</c>). </p> -<p> -These packages only provide pre-compiled libraries. Currently, the -archives are assembled manually, which is the main reason to keep the packages -as tidy as possible. Do not include libraries that aren't commonly used. -</p> - -<note> - The emul-packages might conflict with their native images, but only in - uncritical locations like <c>/usr/share</c> which are arch-independent anyway. -</note> - </body> </subsection>
