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. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.chemoelectric.org "Even if they say lofty things like `democracy' or whatever it is they say, they don't mean it." -- David Durenberger, former Republican U. S. senator, on today's "Republicans"
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