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From: Alex Schuster <wonko@wonkology.org>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Impossible question... Swithcing from "no multilib" to "multilib"
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:13:23 +0200
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Nikos Chantziaras writes:

> On 07/22/2010 12:56 PM, Andrea Momesso wrote:
> > That's impossible, isn't it?

I think so.

> > Swithcing profile and reemerging everithing isn't gonna work? Even
> > from a chroot?
> > 
> > Should I reinstall a new stage from scratch? Adobe stopped providing
> > flash for linux 64 bit, and I some of the sites I need to visit for
> > work need it. Mantaining a chroot is not worth the effort, so I
> > really want to switch.
> > 
> > Thank you in advance.
> 
> emerge www-plugins/nspluginwrapper and this will make 32bit Flash work
> in 64bit browsers.

But only when the multilib profile is active. I do not know why this is, 
and if there are _any_ hacks that might make this possible, but the Gentoo 
AMD64 FAQ [*] states:

  Warning: Currently you cannot switch from a no-multilib to a multilib-
  enabled profile, so think over your decision twice before you use the
  no-multilib profile.

	Wonko

[*] http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-amd64-faq.xml#multilib