On multilib systems, glibc downloads a set of pre-built binaries for bootstrapping. I'm not sure why these are needed (it should be possible to cross-compile them), but at the very least, it would be nice if they were explicitly opted into. They're already not used on existing multilib systems, so this would also spare users the download that get ignored. (USE=build might fit?)
The binaries are only used for moving from smaller set of ABIs to larger set of ABIs. Usually from 'amd64' to 'x86 amd64' or equivalent. They are not used on a steady system (unless it's broken).
(In reply to Sergei Trofimovich from comment #1) > The binaries are only used for moving from smaller set of ABIs to larger set > of ABIs. Usually from 'amd64' to 'x86 amd64' or equivalent. They are not > used on a steady system (unless it's broken). Yes, I already acknowledged that :)
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=30f1a6b113a4d96883f46987cd4952cfa4a5cca8 commit 30f1a6b113a4d96883f46987cd4952cfa4a5cca8 Author: Sergei Trofimovich <slyfox@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2020-12-11 09:07:32 +0000 Commit: Sergei Trofimovich <slyfox@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2020-12-11 09:09:01 +0000 sys-libs/glibc: make mutilib bootstrap files optional The binaries are only used for moving from smaller set of ABIs to larger set of ABIs. Usually from 'amd64' to 'x86 amd64' or equivalent. They are not used on a steady system (unless it's broken). Let's make them optional for live ebuild first and pick up for next glibc release. Reported-by: Luke-Jr Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/759358 Package-Manager: Portage-3.0.12, Repoman-3.0.2 Signed-off-by: Sergei Trofimovich <slyfox@gentoo.org> sys-libs/glibc/glibc-9999.ebuild | 8 ++++---- sys-libs/glibc/metadata.xml | 1 + 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
