Git-Url: http://git.frugalware.org/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=homepage-ng.git;a=commitdiff;h=21630ffc9a5bbc03fc99151842643a21da6e869b
commit 21630ffc9a5bbc03fc99151842643a21da6e869b Author: DeX77 <[email protected]> Date: Wed Nov 9 13:10:08 2016 +0100 + add news about multilib/i686 drop diff --git a/frugalware/xml/news.xml b/frugalware/xml/news.xml index 431b481..e098c6a 100644 --- a/frugalware/xml/news.xml +++ b/frugalware/xml/news.xml @@ -36,6 +36,24 @@ original new! <news> <post> + <id>265</id> + <title>switch to multilib, drop of i686</title> + <date>Wed, 09 Nov 2016 11:55:45 +0100</date> + <author>DeX77</author> + <hidden>0</hidden> + <content> + <![CDATA[ + After bumping the toolchain to gcc6 we had some trouble building some of the larger packages for i686. Since every dev is using x86_64 and the + number of users still on i686 arch seems quite low, the decision to drop i686 completely was made. + This raised the need to switch the lib32-extra packages - used mainly by steam and wine - that where build by stripping the i686 packages in the past, + to a different buildsystem. crazy was so kind to establish a full multilib toolchain for that and some scheme (cross32.sh) so providing two flavors (x86_64 and lib32-extra) + for one package. + This work was merged yesterday and the two mentioned packages still work. If you find any issues feel free to raise some bug in the bugtracker. + ]]> + </content> + <icon>development</icon> + </post> + <post> <id>264</id> <title>toolchain bumped to gcc6</title> <date>Fri, 30 Sep 2016 14:48:21 +0200</date> _______________________________________________ Frugalware-git mailing list [email protected] http://frugalware.org/mailman/listinfo/frugalware-git
