On Sat, 23 May 2020 22:41:02 -0400 Mike Gilbert <flop...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 5:36 PM Sergei Trofimovich <sly...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > > > 'tc-directly' tracker https://bugs.gentoo.org/243502 tracks > > packages that don't respect users' CC/AR/LD flags. > > > > I added new USE=-native-symlinks mode for gcc-config and > > binutils-config to ease detection of such packages. > > > > Native symlinks are still installed by default. Nothing should > > break for users who use default USE flags. > > > > USE=-native-symlinks removes a bunch of links that most packages > > use by default until are overridden explicitly. Incomplete list is: > > - /lib/cpp > > - /usr/bin/{gcc,cc,g++,c++,...} > > - /usr/bin/{as,ld,ranlib,dwp,...} > > > > The rule of thumb is: if a tool does not have ${CTARGET}- prefix > > it will probably disappear with USE=-native-symlinks. > > > > (At least eventually) 'emerge' should still be able to build most > > of packages in such environment. I expect initial breakage will be > > huge though. > > Could you please add this flag to package.use.force? Added as https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=0f8b5b847429642977d4c0497068a93222ff3136 > I don't think we > want to give people the impression that this is a well-supported > configuration. I would only expect people to disable this if they want > to break their system intentionally. Yeah, today it's certainly a way to get your system in a miserable state. My hope is that USE=-native-symlinks can get you a working Gentoo in a near future by only fixing real package problems and limitations of their build systems. -- Sergei
