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 1PQbVq-0004WC-15 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 09 Dec 2010 08:06:02 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 40818E0920 for ; Thu, 9 Dec 2010 08:05:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gw0-f52.google.com (mail-gw0-f52.google.com [74.125.83.52]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 229F6E07CD for ; Thu, 9 Dec 2010 07:26:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gwb11 with SMTP id 11so1414284gwb.11 for ; Wed, 08 Dec 2010 23:26:58 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=8HnV63h9BNzi1ryj/cEo4a7gfa6xjrjyTmw0/2ai1eo=; b=Naq7Z6Tclu0I96gxtf6DOYIHXvUvFqNRbmPny5SR7I7PU/gt7jSBAboRnpIi6MRscU 9F4joh0r8w3jJhabP1IBs8D+pCkBeetqWW6D+EAQj2nSDT+Ne81BswbVkPrvvTx1RPw3 0YFK/pX3GPYI4TER0w8CPGPM4kWfIYtbtyse8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=O1nV2QU3e8Rlph8TmEM9GnSNj+8pNUhkmpqIAlduOMi56T1AYHpdyVorhxw1e6eZys rCiiDo8tfs3cC5R4KIQagGIbluCh3Fzvr8rsXOnaMYfQF10yXHX6j0uiLuj+OYShhUel x3CP31FSq+Ba6/cJhq3cggld8JyUFzMRY50d0= Received: by 10.100.95.10 with SMTP id s10mr6625530anb.5.1291879618468; Wed, 08 Dec 2010 23:26:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.2] (adsl-95-133-127.jan.bellsouth.net [98.95.133.127]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id x31sm1631859ana.9.2010.12.08.23.26.56 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 08 Dec 2010 23:26:57 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4D0084BF.9040503@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2010 01:26:55 -0600 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.15) Gecko/20101109 Gentoo/2.0.10 SeaMonkey/2.0.10 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 To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] About to install on a 64 bit system. Advice wanted. References: <4CFFF5DE.20303@gmail.com> <20101208205437.1707d76e.frank.peters@comcast.net> <4D0066A6.4090406@gmail.com> <201012082255.34764.bluerain41@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201012082255.34764.bluerain41@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: a7d66565-8f82-4088-8011-5615e70cd9a2 X-Archives-Hash: 6c4a0dea338b25905271825a4264b518 Thomas M wrote: > 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 > > I figured it was something like that. I also know now that the kde profile is multilib too. I figured it was. I'm learning. Thanks. Dale :-) :-)