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From: Valmor de Almeida <val.gentoo@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Impossible question... Swithcing from "no multilib" to "multilib"
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 22:41:35
Message-Id: 4CE85C36.2050906@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Impossible question... Swithcing from "no multilib" to "multilib" by Etaoin Shrdlu
1 On 07/22/2010 03:14 PM, Etaoin Shrdlu wrote:
2 > On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:56:50 +0200 Andrea Momesso
3 > <momesso.andrea@×××××.com> wrote:
4 >
5 >> That's impossible, isn't it?
6 >>
7 >> Swithcing profile and reemerging everithing isn't gonna work? Even from a
8 >> chroot?
9 >>
10 >> Should I reinstall a new stage from scratch? Adobe stopped providing
11 >> flash for linux 64 bit, and I some of the sites I need to visit for work
12 >> need it. Mantaining a chroot is not worth the effort, so I really want to
13 >> switch.
14 >
15 > The only time I had to do that I followed these instructions:
16 >
17 > http://www.gentoo-wiki.info/HOWTO_AMD_64#Howto_switch_to_multilib
18 >
19 > and it did work just fine (I'm writing from that computer now).
20 >
21 > ************ WARNING WARNING WARNING ************************
22 >
23 > Take backups, consider that it might not work for you, etc.
24 >
25
26 Hello,
27
28 I've been using the no-multilib profiloe for sometime now and it's been
29 excellent. Until now that I have to use virtualbox and I am not able to
30 unmask it since I am in a no-multilib profile.
31
32 Has there been any change in a "safe" move from no-multilib to multilib?
33 Is the wiki info above the only thing to rely on? Alternatively, what
34 other options would I have?
35
36 Thanks for inputs.
37
38 --
39 Valmor