[gentoo-user] Multilib or not?

[gentoo-user] Multilib or not?

[João Matos]

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Hi list.

I've been using gentoo amd64 multilib for at least five year, and the
system is working pretty well. But the recent discussion about 64 bit over
32 made me wonder about changing the profile to a non-multilib.

So I run 'revdep-rebuild --verbose' just to check what do I have that still
depends on emul-linux-x86* and I've found:

app-emulation/wine-1.4
sys-boot/grub-0.97-r10
www-plugins/google-talkplugin-2.1.7.0
x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-295.59
games-emulation/zsnes-1.51-r2
skype

I suppose that I'll have no problem with wine or nvidia-drivers based on
preview discussion. But how about grub, zsnes, skype or some .bin games
installed outside portage, like Aminesia?

I'm assuming that I'll also have no problems with codecs, because since I
compiled mplayer with vdpau support I can play all video stuff with it.

Thank you,
-- 
João de Matos
Linux User #461527

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Re: [gentoo-user] Multilib or not?

[Michael Mol]

On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 2:08 PM, João Matos <jaoneto@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi list.
>
> I've been using gentoo amd64 multilib for at least five year, and the system
> is working pretty well. But the recent discussion about 64 bit over 32 made
> me wonder about changing the profile to a non-multilib.
>
> So I run 'revdep-rebuild --verbose' just to check what do I have that still
> depends on emul-linux-x86* and I've found:
>
> app-emulation/wine-1.4
> sys-boot/grub-0.97-r10
> www-plugins/google-talkplugin-2.1.7.0
> x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-295.59
> games-emulation/zsnes-1.51-r2
> skype
>
> I suppose that I'll have no problem with wine or nvidia-drivers based on
> preview discussion. But how about grub, zsnes, skype or some .bin games
> installed outside portage, like Aminesia?

Don't know.

> I'm assuming that I'll also have no problems with codecs, because since I
> compiled mplayer with vdpau support I can play all video stuff with it.

There will be some codecs which mplayer doesn't support. Stuff whose
particular spec has been lost to time, missing documentation and
win32codecs. That will continue to be the case until the
reverse-engineering geeks find time and samples to cover the
remainder.

Honestly, I don't see much of a point to getting rid of multilib,
unless you're looking for some sense of systemic purity. I do know
people who do that. (But they also avoid anything closed-source, which
certainly helps.)

-- 
:wq

Re: [gentoo-user] Multilib or not?

[Daniel da Veiga]

On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 3:15 PM, Michael Mol <mikemol@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 2:08 PM, João Matos <jaoneto@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I suppose that I'll have no problem with wine or nvidia-drivers based on
>> preview discussion. But how about grub, zsnes, skype or some .bin games
>> installed outside portage, like Aminesia?
>
> Don't know.
>
>> I'm assuming that I'll also have no problems with codecs, because since I
>> compiled mplayer with vdpau support I can play all video stuff with it.
>
> There will be some codecs which mplayer doesn't support. Stuff whose
> particular spec has been lost to time, missing documentation and
> win32codecs. That will continue to be the case until the
> reverse-engineering geeks find time and samples to cover the
> remainder.
>
> Honestly, I don't see much of a point to getting rid of multilib,
> unless you're looking for some sense of systemic purity. I do know
> people who do that. (But they also avoid anything closed-source, which
> certainly helps.)
>

I have to agree on that, its just too much work for no apparent gain.

Unless we are talking about mission critical systems where we should
avoid any point of possible failure, but I guess if it was the case,
ZNES wouldn't be installed :D

But maybe I'm the wrong person to ask, I still run a 32 bits system,
never bothered to go full 64 for the same exact reason above (and
since this system is almost 6 years old, with no reinstall, just minor
adjustments to hardware changes, I don't plan on a full install so
soon).

-- 
Daniel da Veiga

Re: [gentoo-user] Multilib or not?

[Michael Hampicke]

> So I run 'revdep-rebuild --verbose' just to check what do I have that still
> depends on emul-linux-x86* and I've found:
> 
> app-emulation/wine-1.4
> sys-boot/grub-0.97-r10
> www-plugins/google-talkplugin-2.1.7.0
> x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-295.59
> games-emulation/zsnes-1.51-r2
> skype
> 

For grub you could use grub-static or grub2. I have some 64bit
no-multilib servers that run grub-static without problems.

But I have to agree with Mike here, I really don't see why one would use
a no-multilib profile on a desktop machine :)

Re: [gentoo-user] Multilib or not?

[Dale]

Michael Hampicke wrote:
>> So I run 'revdep-rebuild --verbose' just to check what do I have that still
>> depends on emul-linux-x86* and I've found:
>>
>> app-emulation/wine-1.4
>> sys-boot/grub-0.97-r10
>> www-plugins/google-talkplugin-2.1.7.0
>> x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-295.59
>> games-emulation/zsnes-1.51-r2
>> skype
>>
> For grub you could use grub-static or grub2. I have some 64bit
> no-multilib servers that run grub-static without problems.
>
> But I have to agree with Mike here, I really don't see why one would use
> a no-multilib profile on a desktop machine :)
>
>


When I did my install on this new rig, I installed grub-static and so
far, it has worked fine.  I haven't jumped off the cliff with grub2 yet. 

I also chose multi-lib when I did this install.  The only complaint so
far was flash but when has it ever really been stable to begin with?  o_O

I have to also mention, 64 bit does seem to use more memory.  It's not a
whole lot but it is noticeable. 

Dale

:-)  :-) 

-- 
I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!

[gentoo-user] Re: Multilib or not?

[Nikos Chantziaras]

On 17/07/12 21:08, João Matos wrote:
>
> Hi list.
>
> I've been using gentoo amd64 multilib for at least five year, and the
> system is working pretty well. But the recent discussion about 64 bit
> over 32 made me wonder about changing the profile to a non-multilib.

There is no advantage in non-multilib, unless you think 0.5GB of disk 
space is too much.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Multilib or not?

[João Matos]

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well, I think I'm good with multlib. Thank you all.

2012/7/17 Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@gmail.com>

> On 17/07/12 21:08, João Matos wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi list.
>>
>> I've been using gentoo amd64 multilib for at least five year, and the
>> system is working pretty well. But the recent discussion about 64 bit
>> over 32 made me wonder about changing the profile to a non-multilib.
>>
>
> There is no advantage in non-multilib, unless you think 0.5GB of disk
> space is too much.
>
>
>


-- 
João de Matos
Linux User #461527

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