Re: [gentoo-amd64] Emerging package as both 64 and 32 bit

[Mike Doty <kingtaco@gentoo.org>]

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Boky Boky wrote:
> Hi all.
> 
> I'm sure this question must have been answered before, but I am slowly
> giving up on finding the solution after months of browsing.
> 
> 
> Anyways, is it possible to emerge the same package in parallel? As
> 32-bit and 64-bit version?
> 
> Something in the lines of:
> ABI="amd64,x86" emerge libxml2
> 
> or:
> emerge libxml2
> ABI="x86" emerge
> --some-option-to-ignore-already-installed-package-and-not-remove-it
> libxml2
> 
> 
> Namely, I am trying to compile openoffice (using ABI="x86") and some GTK
> themes.
> 
> openoffice depends one some packages (libxml2, libz, ...) that need
> therefore need to exist in 32-bit and I'd like to have firefox (...and
> other 32bit apps) themed not just with themes that come with emul-*
> packages.
> 
> 
> Thank you for your replies,
> Boky
This is a limitation of portage, one which everyone on the amd64 team
wishes would go away.  the best you could do now with portage would be
to make emul- packages for your deps or install manually.  Expect a lot
of effort and mess either way you choose.

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