Frank Peters wrote:
On Wed, 08 Dec 2010 18:26:00 -0600
Dale<[email protected]> wrote:
Now I have a question. How do I tell Gentoo to make it pure 64 or a mix
of 32 and 64? I have read about this but I don't think I have actually
seen where it is set. Is it a profile selection, USE flag or something
else?
You have to make a symbolic link, /etc/make.profile, to a particular
profile in /usr/share/portage/profiles, i.e. either the multilib (64/32)
or the no-multilib (64-bit) profile. Also, the USE flag "multilib"
indicates to the compiler that both 32-bit and 64-bit libraries should
be built.
Check the Gentoo manual for all the details. You'd best get used to
reading the manual early. Everything is in there.
If I decide on one then want to switch to the other, does that require a
reinstall or just a change in settings and a recompile of world?
I'm not sure. It's best to check the manual.
Frank Peters
I know about the profiles. I been running Gentoo a while. It's just
been x86 to this point. When I run eselect list profile, nothing 64 bit
shows up at all. I guess this is because of my settings in make.conf
tho. Since I can't see the FULL list, I had to ask. Could someone post
the output of eselect list profile from a 64 bit system? That would
clear up some muddy water for me.
I'm making notes on all this. I hope to get it right on the first
install. ;-)
Thanks.
Dale
:-) :-)
