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From: Albert Hopkins <marduk@×××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Encfs : 32bit -> 64bit ??
Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:12:27
Message-Id: 1284055889.3181.5.camel@paska
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Encfs : 32bit -> 64bit ?? by meino.cramer@gmx.de
1 On Thu, 2010-09-09 at 18:36 +0200, meino.cramer@×××.de wrote:
2 > Hi,
3 >
4 > short question:
5 > Are encfs-encrypted partition, which were created under a 32bit-Linux
6 > still readable when migrated to 64bit??
7 > Or do I have to recrypt everything?
8
9 No, in the same way that you don't have to re-"textify" text files,
10 re-JPEGify images or re-compress gzipped files.
11
12 If, of course, you have 32-bit executables on the encfs filesystem then
13 they will need to be recompiled or at least your 64bt system should have
14 multilib and all the 32bit dependencies to run said executables.
15
16 -a