880441 – Idea: Turn no-multilib into an option instead of a profile set

Bug 880441 - Idea: Turn no-multilib into an option instead of a profile set

Summary: Idea: Turn no-multilib into an option instead of a profile set

Status:	RESOLVED NEEDINFO

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Profiles (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal enhancement
Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers

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Reported:	2022-11-08 18:27 UTC by David Carlos Manuelda
Modified:	2022-11-10 05:08 UTC (History)
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Description David Carlos Manuelda 2022-11-08 18:27:36 UTC

Currently there are different profiles, systemd, desktop/*, hardened, clang, etcetera and a little subset of no-multilib/* set.

But since the former group is largers it might be a good idea to turn somehow no-multilib as an option rather than a profile, so this way, for example profile default/linux/amd64/17.1/desktop/gnome can be used like default/linux/amd64/17.1/desktop/gnome+no-multilib.

I don't think it is worth to clone all the existing profiles to turn them no-multilib flavored and not sure if this idea is easy or hard to implement/maintain, but I think it is worth to be thought.

Comment 1 Sam James archtester

2022-11-08 18:29:38 UTC

What would an "option" be (what mechanism)?