Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] About to install on a 64 bit system. Advice wanted.
Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2010 06:06:52
Message-Id: 4D0066A6.4090406@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] About to install on a 64 bit system. Advice wanted. by Frank Peters
1 Frank Peters wrote:
2 > On Wed, 08 Dec 2010 18:26:00 -0600
3 > Dale<rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
4 >
5 >
6 >> Now I have a question. How do I tell Gentoo to make it pure 64 or a mix
7 >> of 32 and 64? I have read about this but I don't think I have actually
8 >> seen where it is set. Is it a profile selection, USE flag or something
9 >> else?
10 >>
11 >>
12 > You have to make a symbolic link, /etc/make.profile, to a particular
13 > profile in /usr/share/portage/profiles, i.e. either the multilib (64/32)
14 > or the no-multilib (64-bit) profile. Also, the USE flag "multilib"
15 > indicates to the compiler that both 32-bit and 64-bit libraries should
16 > be built.
17 >
18 > Check the Gentoo manual for all the details. You'd best get used to
19 > reading the manual early. Everything is in there.
20 >
21 >
22 >
23 >> If I decide on one then want to switch to the other, does that require a
24 >> reinstall or just a change in settings and a recompile of world?
25 >>
26 > I'm not sure. It's best to check the manual.
27 >
28 > Frank Peters
29 >
30 >
31
32 I know about the profiles. I been running Gentoo a while. It's just
33 been x86 to this point. When I run eselect list profile, nothing 64 bit
34 shows up at all. I guess this is because of my settings in make.conf
35 tho. Since I can't see the FULL list, I had to ask. Could someone post
36 the output of eselect list profile from a 64 bit system? That would
37 clear up some muddy water for me.
38
39 I'm making notes on all this. I hope to get it right on the first
40 install. ;-)
41
42 Thanks.
43
44 Dale
45
46 :-) :-)

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