Martins Steinbergs posted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, excerpted below, on Wed, 15 Feb 2006 04:01:41 +0200:
> Can you explain why linux32 part isnt needed? The linux32 part is simply a convenient way to fool apps into believing the kernel and all is 32-bit. It's needed for compiling stuff and the like, because gcc uses that sort of info, but most apps don't. They either run or they don't, as is, and don't test for 32-bit or 64-bit or whatever. So with a few possible exceptions, you shouldn't need linux32 unless you are compiling stuff or something similar. That means try running <whatever> without it first, and only if it fails, try it with, to see if that fixes the problem. -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman in http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/12/22/rms_interview.html -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list
