On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 12:20 AM, Michał Górny <mgo...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> Enable the multilib-strict feature necessary for Portage to detect
> ebuilds not respecting libdir for libraries. Since those issues were
> reliably fixed over the years and we're nearing the removal of 'lib'
> symlink, I think we can safely enable it by default for our users
> without risking many additional issues for them.
>
> At the same time, many proxied maintainers keep submitting ebuilds that
> do not respect libdir, and that require us to explicitly point that out
> to them. Having Portage detect that by default would be really helpful.
> ---
>  cnf/make.globals | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

That seems reasonable, especially given that the profile controls the
MULTILIB_STRICT_* variables that enable this. Maybe this is worthy of
sending a warning to the -dev mailing list?
-- 
Thanks,
Zac

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