Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: Thomas M <bluerain41@×××××.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 07:09:49
Message-Id: 201012082255.34764.bluerain41@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] About to install on a 64 bit system. Advice wanted. by Dale
1 On Wednesday 08 December 2010 9:18:30 pm Dale wrote:
2 > Frank Peters wrote:
3 > > On Wed, 08 Dec 2010 18:26:00 -0600
4 > >
5 > > Dale<rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
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 > > You have to make a symbolic link, /etc/make.profile, to a particular
12 > > profile in /usr/share/portage/profiles, i.e. either the multilib (64/32)
13 > > or the no-multilib (64-bit) profile. Also, the USE flag "multilib"
14 > > indicates to the compiler that both 32-bit and 64-bit libraries should
15 > > be built.
16 > >
17 > > Check the Gentoo manual for all the details. You'd best get used to
18 > > reading the manual early. Everything is in there.
19 > >
20 > >> If I decide on one then want to switch to the other, does that require a
21 > >> reinstall or just a change in settings and a recompile of world?
22 > >
23 > > I'm not sure. It's best to check the manual.
24 > >
25 > > Frank Peters
26 >
27 > I know about the profiles. I been running Gentoo a while. It's just
28 > been x86 to this point. When I run eselect list profile, nothing 64 bit
29 > shows up at all. I guess this is because of my settings in make.conf
30 > tho. Since I can't see the FULL list, I had to ask. Could someone post
31 > the output of eselect list profile from a 64 bit system? That would
32 > clear up some muddy water for me.
33 >
34 > I'm making notes on all this. I hope to get it right on the first
35 > install. ;-)
36 >
37 > Thanks.
38 >
39 > Dale
40 >
41 > :-) :-)
42
43 I think profile lists are dependent on which stage3 you install: x86 or amd64.
44 I think the reason you don't see amd64 profile right now is because you
45 currently don't have amd64 stage3 yet in your PC. I could be wrong though.
46
47 I personally run multilib.
48
49 $ eselect profile list
50 Available profile symlink targets:
51 [1] default/linux/amd64/10.0
52 [2] default/linux/amd64/10.0/desktop
53 [3] default/linux/amd64/10.0/desktop/gnome
54 [4] default/linux/amd64/10.0/desktop/kde *
55 [5] default/linux/amd64/10.0/developer
56 [6] default/linux/amd64/10.0/no-multilib
57 [7] default/linux/amd64/10.0/server
58 [8] hardened/linux/amd64
59 [9] hardened/linux/amd64/no-multilib
60 [10] selinux/2007.0/amd64
61 [11] selinux/2007.0/amd64/hardened
62 [12] selinux/v2refpolicy/amd64
63 [13] selinux/v2refpolicy/amd64/desktop
64 [14] selinux/v2refpolicy/amd64/developer
65 [15] selinux/v2refpolicy/amd64/hardened
66 [16] selinux/v2refpolicy/amd64/server
67
68 Thomas

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