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From: "Holger Hoffstätte" <holger.hoffstaette@googlemail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Moving from no-multilib to (true) multilib
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 10:45:43 +0000 (UTC)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <pan.2015.03.30.10.45.43@googlemail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 201503301120.39056.michaelkintzios@gmail.com

On Mon, 30 Mar 2015 11:20:23 +0100, Mick wrote:

> Given that the emul-linux-x86 package sets are now deprecated and we can now 
> with USE="abi_x86_32" emerge our own 32bit libraries where needed, is it now 
> easier to move from a no-multilib to a multilib environment, or will it still 
> require a complete reinstall?

My understanding is that this has not changed, i.e. the move from prebuilt
emul-linux package to abi_x86_32 only applies to existing multilib systems.
Moving from "plain" aka non-multilib to multilib is still more or less
unsupported/impossible and requires a reinstall.

-h



  reply	other threads:[~2015-03-30 10:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-03-30 10:20 [gentoo-user] Moving from no-multilib to (true) multilib Mick
2015-03-30 10:45 ` Holger Hoffstätte [this message]
2015-04-01  0:26   ` [gentoo-user] " NP-Hardass
2015-03-31 10:48 ` [gentoo-user] " Bruce Hill
2015-03-31 10:51   ` Alan McKinnon
2015-04-04 14:08     ` Bruce Hill

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