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Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Moving from no-multilib to (true) multilib
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 10:45:43 +0000 (UTC)
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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