Bug 880441

Summary:	Idea: Turn no-multilib into an option instead of a profile set
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	David Carlos Manuelda <StormByte>
Component:	Profiles	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED NEEDINFO
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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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)?