On Sat, 11 Apr 2015 15:41:28 -0400, Alan Grimes wrote:

> >> 2. It sent out a profile that sets variable ABI_x86 with 32 bit
> >> enabled. ALARM: ABI_x86 should be set in exactly one place:
> >> /etc/portage/make.conf and nowhere else. But, nevertheless, ABI_x86
> >> WAS set which broke the profile because my system cannot compile 32
> >> bit executables.  

> > That seems odd, I use several 64 bit profiles here and all of them
> > have ABI_X86="64"  
> 
> Apparently it is treated like a set-object and 32 bit is added, by the
> latest portage without any sanity checking whatsoever.

Maybe I should have been clearer, emerge --info shows ABI_X86="64" and it
is NOT set in make.conf. So that setting is the default for each of the
profiles I use. Considering you were already experiencing breakage, I
think you are rather too quick to blame portage for your problems.


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Neil Bothwick

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