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On 03/04/2010 08:44 AM, Graham Murray wrote: |
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> Volker Armin Hemmann<volkerarmin@××××××××××.com> writes: |
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>> no, it is not safe to have a 64bit only system. Just choose the multilib |
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>> profile and start installing. If something needs the 32bit emul libs, it will |
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>> pull the stuff in. There is nothing you need to care about. |
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> What is unsafe about a 64bit only system? Surely if it were unsafe then |
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> Gentoo would not offer no-multilib profiles? I have recently built 2 |
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> systems using a no-multilib profile and have not found any problems, and |
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> expect to start building a third one today. |
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You didn't understand the question Volker was replying to. The question |
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was not about "safe" as in "security", but rather "safe" as in "I can |
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rest assured that a no-multilib system can run every software I could |
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install", which is clearly not the case since some applications need |
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32-bit support. |
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