2015-05-16 13:10 GMT+03:00 gevisz <gev...@gmail.com>: > 2015-05-16 11:55 GMT+03:00 Mick <michaelkintz...@gmail.com>: >> On Saturday 16 May 2015 09:26:14 gevisz wrote: >>> 2015-05-16 10:51 GMT+03:00 gevisz <gev...@gmail.com>: >> >>> > So, if I get no better suggestions, I will enable abi_x86_32 >>> > globally and try to update the world once more. >>> >>> Lukily, this approach worked out. Currently I am updating and recompiling >>> 199 packages but the blockers disappeared. >>> >>> > If that will not work, I will remove the libav USE flag from >>> > /etc/portage/make.conf and try to update the world for the last >>> > time. >>> >>> Now, when everything ended well, I can accept that by the phrase >>> "to update the world for the last time" above I meant that I was going >>> to switch to other Linux distribution if this issue with >>> ffmpeg-libav-multilib could not be solved in an elegant way, that is, >>> without poking with every single package, which is really ugly. >>> >>> Luckily, everything ended well and I am happy to stay with Gentoo, >>> but I should mention that, having such issues with multilib profile, >>> enabling abi_x86_32 on per package base really should be unrecommended >>> way to maintain the system and users should be warned about it. >> >> I'm afraid I cannot agree with you on this. On older PCs I would rather did >> not have to install abi_x86_32 for packages that I don't need to. The >> granular approach suits me better and also aligns better with the >> light-footed >> Gentoo approach. > > With this "light-footed approach" I had about two full-screen rubbish > in my /etc/portage/make.conf file and kept adding on almost every update.
Correction: in /etc/portage/package.use >> I think had you followed my suggestion you could have found that >> by remerging half a dozen packages at most, your conflict would >> have been resolved. > > I think so, but this is what I call ugly. > >> Either way you got a result, so whatever works. :-) > > Yes, thank you.
