yes, it was discussed but no resolution yet. Mike is tempted to remove the embedded profile so no action yet.
PS. Sorry for my crappy email client, I am traveling so got use what is available -----Mike Gilbert <flop...@gentoo.org> wrote: ----- ======================= To: gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org From: Mike Gilbert <flop...@gentoo.org> Date: 04/08/2014 4:53 Subject: [gentoo-embedded] Re: crossdev ARCH variable ======================= On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 8:58 PM, Mike Gilbert <flop...@gentoo.org> wrote: > I'm wondering how the ARCH variable is supposed to be set by crossdev; > it doesn't seem to be working at the moment. > > I can see that crossdev sets ARCH in make.conf. It also sets the > profile to embedded. The embedded profile contains this in > make.defaults: > > PROFILE_ONLY_VARS="ARCH ..." > > So the ARCH variable in make.conf is ignored, which causes failures > whenever something references ARCH or the corresponding use flag. > > I am currently hacking around this by setting ARCH in > /usr/$CHOST/etc/portage/profile/make.defaults. > > I'm thinking that profile setting PROFILE_ONLY_VARS="ARCH" should be > removed. Or we could make my /etc/portage/profile workaround part of > crossdev proper. > > What do you think? Apologies for not reading the previous list traffic. I see this issue has already been discussed in a previous thread.
