Bug 463972 – media-video/vcdgear-1.76-r2 - No multilib support, please mask us from trying to install it.

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

[Description Markus Rathgeb 2013-03-31 10:25:32 UTC]

vcdgear is a binary package that supports the following KEYWORDS "-* amd64 x86".
I switched to a non multilib profile (amd64).
And vcdgear needs the following files:

!!! existing preserved libs:
>>> package: sys-libs/libstdc++-v3-3.3.6-r1
 *  - /usr/lib32/libstdc++.so.5
 *  - /usr/lib32/libstdc++.so.5.0.7
 *      used by /opt/vcdgear/vcdgear (media-video/vcdgear-1.76-r2)
>>> package: sys-libs/glibc-2.17
 *  - /lib32/libm-2.16.so
 *  - /lib32/libm.so.6
 *      used by /opt/vcdgear/vcdgear (media-video/vcdgear-1.76-r2)
 *  - /lib32/ld-2.16.so
 *  - /lib32/ld-linux.so.2
 *  - /lib32/libc-2.16.so
 *  - /lib32/libc.so.6
 *      used by /opt/vcdgear/vcdgear (media-video/vcdgear-1.76-r2)

I removed vcdgear to get rid of the last 32 bit libraries (preserved-rebuild did not work).
After reinstalling vcdgear I saw, that it is a binary package with a 32 bit stuff only.
This is ok, I know, that we could not change this for a binary package.

I just want to notice, that there should be an option in the ebuild, that prevents installing in an amd64 no-multilib profile.

Reproducible: Always

[Comment 1 Alexis Ballier 2013-04-02 12:02:50 UTC]

the package is in a serious need of fixing but this precise bug should be fixed by the amd64 team by masking it on its no-multilib profile

[Comment 2 Pacho Ramos 2018-04-29 17:30:16 UTC]

removed