[gentoo-dev] Re: New SYMLINK_LIB=no migration tool for review

2017-08-03 Thread Martin Vaeth
Michał Górny wrote: > > I have been running such a layout for over a year. [...] Thanks for clarifying that this already was discussed. Obviously, I was not aware about this discussion, and perhaps I was not the only one. > instead of waking up last-minute to redesign [...]

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: New SYMLINK_LIB=no migration tool for review

2017-08-03 Thread Michał Górny
On czw, 2017-08-03 at 07:50 +, Martin Vaeth wrote: > Mike Gilbert wrote: > > Debian puts 64-bit libs in /lib/(host) > > Yes, this is somewhat weird: > They have /lib/i386-linux-gnu/ and /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ > but anyway they use /lib32 instead of e.g.

[gentoo-dev] Re: New SYMLINK_LIB=no migration tool for review

2017-08-03 Thread Martin Vaeth
Mike Gilbert wrote: > Debian puts 64-bit libs in /lib/(host) Yes, this is somewhat weird: They have /lib/i386-linux-gnu/ and /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ but anyway they use /lib32 instead of e.g. /lib/i686-linux-gnu/ Their reasons for this are mysterious to me. > Migrating Gentoo

[gentoo-dev] Re: New SYMLINK_LIB=no migration tool for review

2017-08-03 Thread Martin Vaeth
Michał Górny wrote: > > 'No mainstream' as you claim it doesn't mean it's fine to invent yet > another completely incompatible solution. As I understand, the compatibility with Debian might be increased (keeping /lib32), at the cost of slightly decreasing the compatibility

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: New SYMLINK_LIB=no migration tool for review

2017-08-03 Thread Michał Górny
On śro, 2017-08-02 at 21:02 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: > On Wed, Aug 02, 2017 at 03:25:01PM -0400, Mike Gilbert wrote > > On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 3:07 PM, Martin Vaeth wrote: > > > Mike Gilbert wrote: > > > > On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 1:51 PM, Martin Vaeth

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: New SYMLINK_LIB=no migration tool for review

2017-08-02 Thread Benda Xu
"Walter Dnes" writes: > And what happens when 128-bit cpus debut? /lib128? In this case CHOST makes more sense. From my understanding, the Exherbo approach is the cleanest. Benda

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: New SYMLINK_LIB=no migration tool for review

2017-08-02 Thread Walter Dnes
On Wed, Aug 02, 2017 at 03:25:01PM -0400, Mike Gilbert wrote > On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 3:07 PM, Martin Vaeth wrote: > > Mike Gilbert wrote: > >> On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 1:51 PM, Martin Vaeth wrote: > >>> If this already was discussed then

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: New SYMLINK_LIB=no migration tool for review

2017-08-02 Thread Michał Górny
On śro, 2017-08-02 at 19:07 +, Martin Vaeth wrote: > Mike Gilbert wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 1:51 PM, Martin Vaeth wrote: > > > If this already was discussed then sorry for the noise: > > > > > > What is the rationale for merging lib32 with lib? >

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: New SYMLINK_LIB=no migration tool for review

2017-08-02 Thread Mike Gilbert
On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 3:07 PM, Martin Vaeth wrote: > Mike Gilbert wrote: >> On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 1:51 PM, Martin Vaeth wrote: >>> If this already was discussed then sorry for the noise: >>> >>> What is the rationale for merging lib32 with

[gentoo-dev] Re: New SYMLINK_LIB=no migration tool for review

2017-08-02 Thread Martin Vaeth
Mike Gilbert wrote: > On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 1:51 PM, Martin Vaeth wrote: >> If this already was discussed then sorry for the noise: >> >> What is the rationale for merging lib32 with lib? >> Wouldn't it be somewhat cleaner to have a completely >> split

[gentoo-dev] Re: New SYMLINK_LIB=no migration tool for review

2017-08-02 Thread Holger Hoffstätte
On Wed, 02 Aug 2017 17:51:43 +, Martin Vaeth wrote: > Michał Górny wrote: >> >> What are your thoughts? > > If this already was discussed then sorry for the noise: > > What is the rationale for merging lib32 with lib? > Wouldn't it be somewhat cleaner to have a

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: New SYMLINK_LIB=no migration tool for review

2017-08-02 Thread Mike Gilbert
On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 1:51 PM, Martin Vaeth wrote: > Michał Górny wrote: >> >> What are your thoughts? > > If this already was discussed then sorry for the noise: > > What is the rationale for merging lib32 with lib? > Wouldn't it be somewhat cleaner to have

[gentoo-dev] Re: New SYMLINK_LIB=no migration tool for review

2017-08-02 Thread Martin Vaeth
Michał Górny wrote: > > What are your thoughts? If this already was discussed then sorry for the noise: What is the rationale for merging lib32 with lib? Wouldn't it be somewhat cleaner to have a completely split structure lib64 lib32 libx32 (possibly) lib