Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: Indarios <indarios@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Emerging package as both 64 and 32 bit
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 17:11:08
Message-Id: cc6c336e0612160909n5dc7512cne9cd239d3ef6e42e@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-amd64] Emerging package as both 64 and 32 bit by Boky Boky
1 No, you can not run 32 bit code in a 64 bit environment. You have to use
2 emulated software, check out net-www/nspluginwrapper to get plugins working
3 for Firefox
4
5 On 12/16/06, Boky Boky <verynotbad@×××××.com> wrote:
6 >
7 > Hi all.
8 >
9 > I'm sure this question must have been answered before, but I am slowly
10 > giving up on finding the solution after months of browsing.
11 >
12 >
13 > Anyways, is it possible to emerge the same package in parallel? As
14 > 32-bit and 64-bit version?
15 >
16 > Something in the lines of:
17 > ABI="amd64,x86" emerge libxml2
18 >
19 > or:
20 > emerge libxml2
21 > ABI="x86" emerge
22 > --some-option-to-ignore-already-installed-package-and-not-remove-it
23 > libxml2
24 >
25 >
26 > Namely, I am trying to compile openoffice (using ABI="x86") and some GTK
27 > themes.
28 >
29 > openoffice depends one some packages (libxml2, libz, ...) that need
30 > therefore need to exist in 32-bit and I'd like to have firefox (...and
31 > other 32bit apps) themed not just with themes that come with emul-*
32 > packages.
33 >
34 >
35 > Thank you for your replies,
36 > Boky
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