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From: Ryan Sims <rwsims@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: /lib32/* missing after system upgrade
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2007 23:19:27
Message-Id: 64e8d2f20701091515i6fc1b696o6ae8ad6140593b9f@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-amd64] Re: /lib32/* missing after system upgrade by Harm Geerts
1 On 1/9/07, Harm Geerts <harmgeerts@××××.nl> wrote:
2 > On Tuesday 09 January 2007 17:20, Ryan Sims wrote:
3 > > On 1/9/07, Piotr Jaroszyñski <peper@g.o> wrote:
4 > > > On Tuesday 09 January 2007 16:27, Einar S. Ids¸ wrote:
5 > > > > Some further info: I just remembered that I also changed the symlink
6 > > > > for /etc/make.profile. For some reason I changed it to point to
7 > > > > /usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/2006.0, which doesn't seem
8 > > > > right... I suppose I should rather have used
9 > > > > /usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/amd64/2006.1/(desktop|server)?
10 > > > >
11 > > > > Did I just stupidly break my system?
12 > > >
13 > > > You have switched to non-multilib profile... Switch it back asap and
14 > > > reemerge whatever you emerged on invalid profile.
15 > >
16 > > Is that possible?
17 > >
18 > > from http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-amd64-faq.xml#multilib :
19 > > "Currently you cannot switch from a no-multilib to a multilib-enabled
20 > > profile, so think over your decision twice before you use the
21 > > no-multilib profile."
22 >
23 > The reason it's not possible is because it breaks the system.
24 > portage does not prevent you from changing to an incompatible profile.
25
26 Understood, I was thinking of "Switch it back asap and reemerge" as
27 impossible. I have a deep respect for portage, but I absolutely do
28 not expect it to protect me from myself ;)
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[gentoo-amd64] Re: /lib32/* missing after system upgrade Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net>