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On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 18:55, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> I'm thinking, AT THE MOMENT, of going multilib and grub-static. That way |
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> down the road, I can switch to no-multilib and not have to reinstall grub. |
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> To simple huh? |
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> Dale |
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> :-) :-) |
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There's absolutely no reason for you not to use multilib. |
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Why waste the opportunity to run 32bit applications? You'll never |
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regret running multilib, infact you'll soon forget it. If, on the |
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other hand, you choose to run no-multilib, one day you'll have to run |
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a 32bit app (that day will come, simple Murphy laws) and you'll have |
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to set up a 32bit chroot for it :) |
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Grub is *not* an issue, I've never used grub-static on any amd64 |
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system, sys-boot/grub works great. Lilo works, yes, but it really is |
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old tech. Grub's interactive boot menu is invaluable and can save you |
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when something goes wrong. |
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Don't forget that the current multilib implementation doesn't compile |
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things twice. It just provides the environment and 32bit libraries |
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required for 32bit applications to build and run. Anything that |
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supports 64bit builds and runs as 64bit, period :) |
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Alex Alexander | wired |
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+ Gentoo Linux Developer |
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