[gentoo-user] email client with USE flags -gtk -kde?

2010-08-27 Thread tpar...@etherstorm.net
Can anyone recommend an email client that will work with -gtk and -kde USE flags? I know the common ones such as Thunderbird, Evolution, Kmail, and Claws are out. Is there a option similar to those or do I stick with something like Alpine?

[gentoo-user] 32/64bit confusion

2010-08-24 Thread tpar...@etherstorm.net
I have a new (first) gentoo amd64 install, multilib, and have been searching the docs, forums and google for information on how to handle emerges for 32bit programs on the 64bit install. I have found some references to using -bin for 32bit programs (example: emerge wine-bin to get the 32bit

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: 32/64bit confusion

2010-08-24 Thread tpar...@etherstorm.net
On 8/24/2010 5:15 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: There is no such package. There are only very few -bin packages. In other words, -bin is not a magic string you append to package names. As for Wine, the ebuild changed recently to offer both 64bit as well as 32bit Wine. I think the binaries are

Re: [gentoo-user] 32/64bit confusion

2010-08-24 Thread tpar...@etherstorm.net
On 8/24/2010 5:44 PM, Mike Edenfield wrote: Since you're building from source, very few programs actually need to be 32-bit apps on a 64-bit OS. ... In this case, the Wine package maintainer has set up the ebuild to build 32-bit by default, even on an amd64 profile. ... there is a whole list of

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: 32/64bit confusion

2010-08-24 Thread tpar...@etherstorm.net
On 8/24/2010 5:45 PM, Zeerak Mustafa Waseem wrote: A good idea might be to install the package app-portage/eix. It allows you to, amongst other things, to search for packages in case you're uncertain about a package name. The search will also tell you whether the package is installed, what