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On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 5:13 PM, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> I see in the amd64 FAQs this: |
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> Can I get Adobe Flash working? |
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> Yes. Just emerge adobe-flash. Adobe has provided a 64-bit Flash |
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> plugin starting with version 10.0.22.87. If you don't need the 32-bit |
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> plugin, then run echo "www-plugins/adobe-flash -32bit" >> |
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> /etc/portage/package.use. This will install only the 64-bit Flash |
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> plugin. |
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> So that I am clear, why would I want to install flash with both the |
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> 32bit and 64bit USE flags? If there is no reason for both flags, then |
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> should I be disabling the 32bit globally or are there other |
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> circumstances that mean I should only set it so for this package? |
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In the old days, when Flash and Java was only available as 32-bit |
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plug-ins, people also ran 32-bit versions of their browsers (in order |
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to be able to use those plug-ins). In the time since then, we had |
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nspluginwrapper to allow 32-bit plug-ins in 64-bit browsers, and now |
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we have native 64-bit plug-ins. I guess the 32-bit option is still |
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there for people who are still using the old set-up and haven't gone |
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to a totally 64-bit browser yet. |
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