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>> - what is the goal for that? (well, my personal goal would be, to have a |
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>> 32-bit system so that i can use all that pre-compiled software that's |
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>> not available in amd64 yet - and well, no multilib anymore) |
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> It's meant to be a developing profile. Portage does not yet handle |
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> ABI-dependant dependencies, but we want to work on the 32bit side of |
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> things nevertheless. |
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So it is a profile that - someday - can be used by normal users? |
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> $ cat profiles/default-linux/amd64/2006.0/32bit-userland/README |
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> Disclaimer: Don't even think about using this profile outside a chroot. |
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> All problems related to the profile should block tracker bug #124816. |
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> Since getting this profile running with a stage3 is rather... "tricky", |
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> I've put together an experimental stage: |
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> http://dev.gentoo.org/~blubb/32bit-userland.tar.bz2 |
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> Have fun! |
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Yes, i've read that. I don't want to use it now. |
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> In other words: It's a great way to mess up your box *very* fast. It |
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> won't even let you do `emerge -e system` yet. If you feel like digging |
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> around in mud, contact me off-list and I'll give you some pointers. But |
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> don't file bugs without having a patch ready, we're simply not there yet. |
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OK, actually i've just setup my 64bit gentoo in parallel to my 32bit |
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gentoo. So i'm not yet in the mood to "dig around in mud" :-) |
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