[gentoo-user] Re: Multilib help

[Ian Zimmerman]

On 2018-07-04 02:06, Andrew Udvare wrote:

> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:AMD64/32-bit_Chroot_Guide
>
> If most of your apps are 32-bit then you are almost better off running
> a native 32-bit system, especially for games.
>
> You can also use the chroot for building, but then copy the libraries
> you need (and only the ones you need) to a path outside of the
> chroot. Then you can set LD_LIBRARY_PATH to that path and run the
> binary. This will work for most apps including games. I prefer this
> way because then I don't have to remember to set up the chroot, nor do
> I have to do anything as root once this is set up. This is how I ran
> PCSX2 prior to it running natively on x86-64.
>
> Otherwise, if graphics performance is not an issue, use a 32-bit Linux
> within a VM.

But if this is so, what is the purpose of multilib, anyway?  Besides
making portage more complex and thus cooler :-P

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