Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: Yuri Pimenov <yuri@×××××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Switching profiles
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:25:21
Message-Id: 44B23882.6080603@potentialcash.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Switching profiles by Simon Stelling
1 Simon Stelling wrote:
2 > Yuri Pimenov wrote:
3 >> Today I switched my profile from x86 to amd64 and have problems
4 >> rebuilding the system.
5 >> I know that AMD64 FAQ states that it is impossible to upgrade from
6 >> x86 to amd64,
7 >> and it's better to perform the "fresh install". But is that really
8 >> so?
9 >
10 > Do you think we don't know what we're saying? Please, follow the docs
11 > and do a fresh install.
12 >
13 Nope, I supposed that this FAQ may be little bit outdated. Besides the
14 question was in meaning
15 "why I can't do that"? FAQ tells nothing for a curious one.
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Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-amd64] Switching profiles Barry.SCHWARTZ@×××××××××××××.org
Re: [gentoo-amd64] Switching profiles Simon Stelling <blubb@g.o>