Duncan <1i5t5.duncan <at> cox.net> writes: > > "Boky" <verynotbad <at> gmail.com> posted > e8666cf90612160745k19aa5622ueb3c7e84295285bc <at> mail.gmail.com, excerpted > below, on Sat, 16 Dec 2006 16:45:24 +0100: > > > Anyways, is it possible to emerge the same package in parallel? As > > 32-bit and 64-bit version? > > > > Something in the lines of: > > ABI="amd64,x86" emerge libxml2 > > > > or: > > emerge libxml2 > > ABI="x86" emerge > > --some-option-to-ignore-already-installed-package-and-not-remove-it > > libxml2 > > > For a variation on the 32-bit chroot that involves creating it, then > using it to build your own 32-bit emul- packages that you can merge on > your 64-bit system without screwing up its database, check here. (This is > NOT official Gentoo, just something a Gentoo/amd64 user put up. I'm not > sure if it's fully upto date, but the idea will remain the same even if > you have to tweak the specifics a bit.) It's worth a read, anyway, just > to see how it can be done, whether you choose to do it yourself or not. > > Unofficial (User's) Gentoo/amd64 Creating your own 32-bit emul packages > HOWTO: http://www.andyjeffries.co.uk/32bit-ebuild-amd64.html >
Thank you Duncan. This is exacly what I was looking for. I have already created a 32-bit chroot, but wasn't very keen on the idea of issuing 10+ commands (mount -o bind...) to start openoffice or firefox. I was experimenting with "emerge -b" but sadly, everything gets installed into /lib so it's not usable on the main root. I will give the mentioned link a shoot and tell you how it goes. Cheers, B -- [email protected] mailing list
