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[sorry, I sent this in error to gentoo-user] |
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Ok, so I have some apps that require 32 bit libraries, but I'm currently using |
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a no-multilib profile. |
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This page |
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http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-amd64-faq.xml |
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says: |
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"Warning: Currently you cannot switch from a no-multilib to a multilib-enabled |
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profile, so think over your decision twice before you use the no-multilib |
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profile." |
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Now, I know that I can install most of the emul-linux-x86-* stuff and that |
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will probably be enough for me, but I was wondering what the technical |
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problems iwould be if I just changed my /etc/make.profile to point to a |
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multilib profile. As far as I can tell, gcc and glibc would be rebuilt with |
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USE=multilib, and a new set of libraries would be installed into /lib32 and |
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/usr/lib32 (in addition to those already installed under the corresponding |
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lib64 locations). So, how would that break the existing applications? |
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Thanks for any insight. |
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