Mark Constable <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Am I missing some doc somewhere explaining the pros and cons > of multilib vs current *-bin/chroot schemes ? > > Mainly, if I do not use multilib does that mean that even if > I do have CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION in my kernel I still will not > be able to run openoffice-bin as I do now (on a mostly 64-bit > system) ?
You will need 32-bit libraries accessible to your applications if you want to run them in the 64-bit environment. Formerly these libraries were provided by the emul-* series. In the future, I believe, they will be provided by multilib. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.chemoelectric.org "I have directed that in the future I sign each letter." -- Rumsfeld
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