From: Barry Schwartz <chemoelectric@chemoelectric.org>
To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: I can run 32-bit stuff and you can't (was Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: Did devs change phonon flags without rev'ing package?)
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 19:47:47 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150401004747.GA19719@crud> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <pan$5cbb8$7a7b6a03$392b06c0$8eb2e220@cox.net>
I expected quibbling on the ‘need’ to run a 32-bit binary. Fact is,
‘need’ is up to the user, and not up to others. If you want to install
the main Firefox binary it is 32-bit; and that’s just one
example. Substitute any software name you like in there, as a 32-bit
binary; the hardware can run it. Only software can prevent that.
As I say, the distinction is mainly due to Gentoo having botched
multilib support on AMD64. We should have stuck with the original
layout, whereby there was no profile distinction and everything 64-bit
went in lib. There should be no need to install 32-bit toolchain if
you do not want it, regardless of a profile supporting multilib.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-04-01 0:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-03-30 19:15 [gentoo-amd64] Did devs change phonon flags without rev'ing package? Mark Knecht
2015-03-30 19:48 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2015-03-30 21:04 ` Frank Peters
2015-03-30 21:26 ` Mark Knecht
2015-03-30 22:10 ` Barry Schwartz
2015-03-30 22:23 ` Mark Knecht
2015-03-30 23:06 ` Barry Schwartz
2015-03-31 5:02 ` [gentoo-amd64] " Duncan
2015-03-31 7:32 ` Frank Peters
2015-03-31 16:40 ` Barry Schwartz
2015-03-31 19:43 ` David M. Fellows
2015-04-01 0:28 ` Duncan
2015-04-01 0:47 ` Barry Schwartz [this message]
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