Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: "J. Roeleveld" <joost@××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] copying /var&lib/world(32bitroot) -> 64bitroot ???
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2010 17:39:38
Message-Id: 201009121939.06415.joost@antarean.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] copying /var&lib/world(32bitroot) -> 64bitroot ??? by meino.cramer@gmx.de
1 On Sunday 12 September 2010 19:27:10 meino.cramer@×××.de wrote:
2 > Hi,
3 >
4 > Do I shoot into my own feet when copying the /var/lib/world-file
5 > from my 32bit system to my 64bit system and doing a "emerge -e world"
6 > then, when logged into my 64bit system to install the same stuff ???
7 >
8 > best regards,
9 > mcc
10
11 Hi,
12
13 I don't think so as it should compile everything for a 64bit system.
14 Only "problem" you might encounter is when certain packages are not
15 available/masked for amd64.
16 (I can't think of any packages in that category though :) )
17
18 --
19 Joost