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 1RUgUU-0003Cs-JS for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 27 Nov 2011 15:18:02 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9A0B121C020; Sun, 27 Nov 2011 15:17:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qy0-f181.google.com (mail-qy0-f181.google.com [209.85.216.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 876CA21C02B for ; Sun, 27 Nov 2011 15:16:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qyc1 with SMTP id 1so3635599qyc.40 for ; Sun, 27 Nov 2011 07:16:39 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; bh=M26mQxn6RYZGGFywokk+UyUzd2LM2SQ+miWswoSSFhc=; b=XCX3lQkDhhnfA0TPzaAdM4iJI5WOoYCipTcC1I4PFrGM+3/eMws71tEO+iVHMHLCzB CeTV7TfJRZcN8N1syNfev4Rs9Pp4q7DhDZDc5T15uMeBUbj9/jiisB75kZ1pQ05bz3wp MkSRnY6CsSv1F8pgBocJ6iE8pLz2119uvjsDw= Received: by 10.229.3.68 with SMTP id 4mr4438795qcm.278.1322406998067; Sun, 27 Nov 2011 07:16:38 -0800 (PST) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.54.136 with HTTP; Sun, 27 Nov 2011 07:16:17 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: From: Vishnupradeep Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2011 20:46:17 +0530 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Can one get me that link? To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0016364189335e488f04b2b8dfd9 X-Archives-Salt: cb061416-b73b-4fe3-a108-e6aa9df30622 X-Archives-Hash: 114c65e08d93215e5a2037095dbdf277 --0016364189335e488f04b2b8dfd9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 What is multilib and how can I use it? Every AMD64 processor is able to run 32bit code as well as 64bit code. However, when you have a 32bit application, you are unable to mix it with 64bit libraries or vice versa. You can, however, natively run 32bit applications if all shared libraries it needs are available as 32bit objects. You can choose whether you want multilib support or not by selecting the according profile. The default is a multilib-enabled profile. *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. source: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-amd64-faq.xml#multilib ---- Linux Blog: http://xtreme-linux.blogspot.com/ Fedora Blog: http://xtreme-fedora.blogspot.com/ My Blog: http://sharedonweb.blogspot.com/ On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 8:32 PM, LinuxIsOne wrote: > Hi, > > Can one please let me know about the difference between the two torrents > written at: > > http://torrents.gentoo.org/ > > Since in both the torrents, 'amd 64' is written...? > > Thanks. > --0016364189335e488f04b2b8dfd9 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

What is multilib and how can I use it?

<= p style=3D"font-family: sans-serif, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 1= 3px; text-align: -webkit-left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Ever= y AMD64 processor is able to run 32bit code as well as 64bit code. However,= when you have a 32bit application, you are unable to mix it with 64bit lib= raries or vice versa. You can, however, natively run 32bit applications if = all shared libraries it needs are available as 32bit objects. You can choos= e whether you want multilib support or not by selecting the according profi= le. The default is a multilib-enabled profile.

Warning:=A0Currently you cannot= switch from a no-multilib to a multilib-enabled profile, so think over you= r decision twice before you use the no-multilib profile.


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On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 8:32 PM, LinuxIs= One <linuxison= e@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,

Can one please let me know about the difference between the two = torrents written at:

http://torrents.gentoo.org/

Since in both the torren= ts, 'amd 64' is written...?

Thanks.

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