From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@arcor.de>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Advice for 64-bit n00b?
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:19:57 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <hmnmul$1l4$1@dough.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87iq9cpovo.fsf@newton.gmurray.org.uk>
On 03/04/2010 08:44 AM, Graham Murray wrote:
> Volker Armin Hemmann<volkerarmin@googlemail.com> writes:
>
>> no, it is not safe to have a 64bit only system. Just choose the multilib
>> profile and start installing. If something needs the 32bit emul libs, it will
>> pull the stuff in. There is nothing you need to care about.
>
> What is unsafe about a 64bit only system? Surely if it were unsafe then
> Gentoo would not offer no-multilib profiles? I have recently built 2
> systems using a no-multilib profile and have not found any problems, and
> expect to start building a third one today.
You didn't understand the question Volker was replying to. The question
was not about "safe" as in "security", but rather "safe" as in "I can
rest assured that a no-multilib system can run every software I could
install", which is clearly not the case since some applications need
32-bit support.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-03-04 7:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-03-03 15:29 [gentoo-user] Advice for 64-bit n00b? Stroller
2010-03-03 15:32 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-03-03 17:04 ` Stroller
2010-03-03 20:04 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-03-03 22:50 ` Mick
2010-03-03 22:56 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2010-03-04 6:44 ` Graham Murray
2010-03-04 7:19 ` Nikos Chantziaras [this message]
2010-03-04 8:16 ` [gentoo-user] " Volker Armin Hemmann
2010-03-04 8:56 ` Stroller
2010-03-04 9:15 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2010-03-04 12:02 ` Mick
2010-03-05 1:52 ` Walter Dnes
2010-03-04 7:23 ` [gentoo-user] " Zeerak Mustafa Waseem
2010-03-04 7:30 ` Alan McKinnon
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