From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NErp7-0000UV-71 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:00:53 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D3DBAE07E3 for ; Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:00:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.pcsrvc.com (saturn.pcsrvc.com [24.225.5.126]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 345D9E0724 for ; Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:20:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (mail.pcsrvc.com [10.0.0.5]) by mail.pcsrvc.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA3B01EEC0E0 for ; Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:20:45 -0600 (CST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at pcsrvc.com Received: from mail.pcsrvc.com ([10.0.0.5]) by localhost (mail.pcsrvc.com [10.0.0.5]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id MgO-YoeO3MRo for ; Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:20:38 -0600 (CST) Received: from [192.168.1.106] (unknown [205.162.222.99]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.pcsrvc.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 246BB1EEC0DF for ; Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:20:38 -0600 (CST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] How to install multilib'ed version of any library (for real multilib for x86 and x86_64 for every libraries)? From: Homer Parker To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <91b13c310911291014u779616cbm171427cf88cba927@mail.gmail.com> References: <91b13c310911140345w6fce2bd1r848b72685c7cd999@mail.gmail.com> <200911171554.03751.raxas@pavouk-v-rohu.net> <91b13c310911291014u779616cbm171427cf88cba927@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:20:37 -0600 Message-Id: <1259526037.4107.16.camel@laptop> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.26.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: f710702d-da0b-49af-82ea-43d08cd67662 X-Archives-Hash: bea38218d093b402f74dcabff5500c97 On Mon, 2009-11-30 at 02:14 +0800, Cheng Renquan wrote: > On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 10:54 PM, raxas wrote: > >> Furthermore, if compiling any other 32bit program on gentoo-amd64, it may > >> need other more 32bit of libraries, > > > > You can use a chroot wrapped with linux32 (sys-apps/util-linux) to build a > [...] > Thank you, I know this approach already, but it will duplicate all > static files like etc, share, doc, man, var, ... wasting space; bind mount /etc and /var to the chroot (*If* everything is compatible), use FEATUES="nodoc,noman,etc" in the make.conf in the chroot. > Just a simple problem: > 1) if other linux distros can achieve, why gentoo not? Simple answer, how many of them are installed from source? There is work being done on true multilib support in gentoo, /join #gentoo-multilib (or something named that obvious, I'm on a junk internet connection atm and not sure this reply will make it out today :P ) -- Homer Parker