Gregory Symons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ok, so 2005.0 isn't true multilib yet, so for things like openoffice I
> still have to emerge the binaries, which will install the emulation
> libs, right?

As far as I know.

I wrote:
> > (However upgrading to 2005.0 did not go smoothly for me, and I nearly
> > gave up and re-installed.  I'm still not sure what I did that I saved
> > my system. :) )

Gregory Symons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I know the feeling... for a "stable" release, the migration path sure
> does have some problems.

I was one of the people who tried it as soon as it was ready for
testing, so in my case it was not unexpected.  I think I took a wrong
turn at one key point and it went downhill from there.  :)

> And unfortunately, I couldn't find any more
> information on the problems I had than were already in bugzilla. That
> missing backtick thing was just wierd. Also, I think some of my problems
> were due to not really understanding what 2005.0 was supposed to
> achieve.

I think the main thing is that now lib64 is the default library for
64-bit code, instead of lib.  We still have lib as a symlink to lib64,
because not all software understands the distinction yet, but at some
point it will become "safe" to make it a distinct directory where most
32-bit libraries will go.

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