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From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] copying /var&lib/world(32bitroot) -> 64bitroot ???
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2010 17:43:26
Message-Id: AANLkTinpuhF0PTU10Z8DH4NYbpM2QmXfZ80bDa+znwM6@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] copying /var&lib/world(32bitroot) -> 64bitroot ??? by meino.cramer@gmx.de
1 On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 10:27 AM, <meino.cramer@×××.de> wrote:
2 >
3 > Hi,
4 >
5 > Do I shoot into my own feet when copying the /var/lib/world-file
6 > from my 32bit system to my 64bit system and doing a "emerge -e world"
7 > then, when logged into my 64bit system to install the same stuff ???
8 >
9 > best regards,
10 > mcc
11 >
12
13 It's OK to do that.
14
15 You might want to consider USE flags before you do that, but I don't
16 think it will cause any problems other than possibly something not
17 compiling.
18
19 Remember that stable on 64-bit doesn't necessarily exactly equal
20 stable on 32-bit so you might be getting different revisions, etc.
21
22 Hope this helps,
23 Mark

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