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 1PQadQ-0005vS-Qs for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 09 Dec 2010 07:09:49 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6C979E091D for ; Thu, 9 Dec 2010 07:09:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gx0-f180.google.com (mail-gx0-f180.google.com [209.85.161.180]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C36A6E080B for ; Thu, 9 Dec 2010 06:55:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gxk19 with SMTP id 19so1168931gxk.11 for ; Wed, 08 Dec 2010 22:55:38 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:subject:date :user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:message-id :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=emE3PmEbgY3DEhoQPSuSGEl9AomQHW+xNAgtHwNIUpQ=; b=E8s/bcq3aULWGA6o6d9lC7fe4gt0ESFyXF9yBHK7GPUYCfMaDKEEKD/l7ME85HzhON dff3Pj+1/0Sd6hmLe/PDZlcNTCOQ1k5guQ9POVJHGdl4H1IYnoMAWqQrCmYY7Isle5Uu xePzqY3EqxDXYoGj4wSUVmfICMVPKvm00+UKs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version :message-id:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=ZAcavcuxaO4sdKkSTE1uUlWhX5cNXQYZBsMVkAc+YMp2o2wX4VHHZ/zC0u0Iy6+ONu 807h8ZivXW+jY8aY290sS4nxMu24U1rj0VELYVL8gN30TIyecFr4dxHN2r+2wB38SGja 1IaC0T3ACEfpM0pT03Efcc4JELzF26A11hZUU= Received: by 10.150.203.16 with SMTP id a16mr5826792ybg.310.1291877737685; Wed, 08 Dec 2010 22:55:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from coolguy.localnet (pool-71-160-221-38.lsanca.dsl-w.verizon.net [71.160.221.38]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id p1sm529188ybn.5.2010.12.08.22.55.36 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 08 Dec 2010 22:55:37 -0800 (PST) From: Thomas M To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] About to install on a 64 bit system. Advice wanted. Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 22:55:34 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.5 (Linux/2.6.34-gentoo-r12; KDE/4.4.5; x86_64; ; ) References: <4CFFF5DE.20303@gmail.com> <20101208205437.1707d76e.frank.peters@comcast.net> <4D0066A6.4090406@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4D0066A6.4090406@gmail.com> 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 Message-Id: <201012082255.34764.bluerain41@gmail.com> Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: b8fa014f-20ee-4149-b545-d28992576b04 X-Archives-Hash: af9d9af3c4afe8b5e11be6fc8be4e16c On Wednesday 08 December 2010 9:18:30 pm Dale wrote: > Frank Peters wrote: > > On Wed, 08 Dec 2010 18:26:00 -0600 > > > > Dale wrote: > >> Now I have a question. How do I tell Gentoo to make it pure 64 or a mix > >> of 32 and 64? I have read about this but I don't think I have actually > >> seen where it is set. Is it a profile selection, USE flag or something > >> else? > > > > You have to make a symbolic link, /etc/make.profile, to a particular > > profile in /usr/share/portage/profiles, i.e. either the multilib (64/32) > > or the no-multilib (64-bit) profile. Also, the USE flag "multilib" > > indicates to the compiler that both 32-bit and 64-bit libraries should > > be built. > > > > Check the Gentoo manual for all the details. You'd best get used to > > reading the manual early. Everything is in there. > > > >> If I decide on one then want to switch to the other, does that require a > >> reinstall or just a change in settings and a recompile of world? > > > > I'm not sure. It's best to check the manual. > > > > Frank Peters > > I know about the profiles. I been running Gentoo a while. It's just > been x86 to this point. When I run eselect list profile, nothing 64 bit > shows up at all. I guess this is because of my settings in make.conf > tho. Since I can't see the FULL list, I had to ask. Could someone post > the output of eselect list profile from a 64 bit system? That would > clear up some muddy water for me. > > I'm making notes on all this. I hope to get it right on the first > install. ;-) > > Thanks. > > Dale > > :-) :-) I think profile lists are dependent on which stage3 you install: x86 or amd64. I think the reason you don't see amd64 profile right now is because you currently don't have amd64 stage3 yet in your PC. I could be wrong though. I personally run multilib. $ eselect profile list Available profile symlink targets: [1] default/linux/amd64/10.0 [2] default/linux/amd64/10.0/desktop [3] default/linux/amd64/10.0/desktop/gnome [4] default/linux/amd64/10.0/desktop/kde * [5] default/linux/amd64/10.0/developer [6] default/linux/amd64/10.0/no-multilib [7] default/linux/amd64/10.0/server [8] hardened/linux/amd64 [9] hardened/linux/amd64/no-multilib [10] selinux/2007.0/amd64 [11] selinux/2007.0/amd64/hardened [12] selinux/v2refpolicy/amd64 [13] selinux/v2refpolicy/amd64/desktop [14] selinux/v2refpolicy/amd64/developer [15] selinux/v2refpolicy/amd64/hardened [16] selinux/v2refpolicy/amd64/server Thomas