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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Can't update to go-1.4.2
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 2015 19:49:46
Message-Id: 55F08D3F.8020501@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Can't update to go-1.4.2 by Ajai Khattri
1 On 09/09/2015 21:37, Ajai Khattri wrote:
2 > On Fri, 4 Sep 2015, Fernando Rodriguez wrote:
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4 >> Post your emerge --info.
5 >> Why do you have i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc on a 64-bit machine?
6 >
7 > FYI, this is 32bit Gentoo running on a 64bit virtual machine (so it has
8 > a 64bit kernel) because awhile ago I upgraded from a 32bit setup. Was
9 > hoping I wouldn't have to reinstall the whole OS...
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12 You have a 64 bit kernel, this is true, but a 32 bit userland.
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14 I don't know how Go does these things but apps don't usually talk to the
15 kernel directly, they talk to libc. Which in your case is ... 32 bit
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17 Reinstall.
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19 A 32 bit to 64 bit migration may or may not be possible (I never
20 attempted it) but one thing is sure, it will not be easy.
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26 Alan McKinnon
27 alan.mckinnon@×××××.com

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