We have 2 files in gentoo-x86 with slightly out-of-sync data: profiles/arch/amd64/no-multilib/package.mask profiles/features/64bit-native/package.use.mask
They both essentially block x86-only stuff. AFAIU profiles/features/64bit-native/package.use.mask should contain bits, which are portable across arches, but actively hate 64-bit userland. Looks like 'arch/amd64/no-multilib' profile inclusion is kept in sync with 'features/64bit-native' one: [1]. Exception is 'hardened/linux/amd64/no-multilib' profile. Looks like a bug. Why do we need to keep both 'package.mask' files the same? Why not drop '64bit-native/package.use.mask' or at least shrink it down to software keyworded for non-x86 and non-amd64? Thanks! [1]: $ portage/gentoo-x86/profiles: fgrep -R amd64/no-multilib . | grep -v ChangeLog | grep -v '$Header' | grep -v /CVS/ ./default/linux/amd64/10.0/no-multilib/parent:../../../../../arch/amd64/no-multilib ./default/linux/amd64/2008.0/no-multilib/parent:../../../../../arch/amd64/no-multilib ./hardened/linux/amd64/10.0/no-multilib/deprecated:hardened/linux/amd64/no-multilib $ portage/gentoo-x86/profiles: fgrep -R features/64bit-native . | grep -v ChangeLog | grep -v '$Header' | grep -v /CVS/ ./arch/powerpc/ppc64/64ul/parent:../../../../features/64bit-native ./default/linux/amd64/10.0/no-multilib/parent:../../../../../features/64bit-native ./default/linux/amd64/2008.0/no-multilib/parent:../../../../../features/64bit-native ./hardened/linux/amd64/no-multilib/parent:../../../../features/64bit-native ./hardened/linux/powerpc/ppc64/64bit-userland/parent:../../../../../features/64bit-native -- Sergei
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