On 30.03.2015 11:39, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 30/03/2015 11:23, Mick wrote: >> Hmm ... I don't think setting abi_x86_32 globally is necessary, unless you >> want to have 32bit libs for ALL packages that these exist for, whether you >> use >> them or not. I mean that for Skype you have no alternative at present, but >> if >> you don't use Skype then you would not need the 32bit versions of Skype's >> dependencies. If my understanding is wrong, Alan will soon put me right on >> this. :-) > > > You understand it just fine.
OK, then so why do I have to edit files to tell the system to USE this and that after the system tells me it needs that ... ? Why isn't this taken care of within portage itself? I don't *want* to decide 32bit or not ... (I like that I *can* ...) I want a (mostly) stable and current linux system with the necessary choices done by the maintainers ... if Skype needs it ... ok, then make that a dependency/requirement somewhere ... but why force me to set that (for so many packages) ? - I removed the global flag now again and only had to add that flag for a few packages now ... maybe because others have been rebuilt already? Maybe it isn't as bad as I thought in the first place. I hope that this is a desktop/GUI-issue mostly? Having to do that on dozens of customer servers is not on my wishlist right now :-) Stefan
