On Mon, 2009-11-30 at 02:14 +0800, Cheng Renquan wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 10:54 PM, raxas <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> Furthermore, if compiling any other 32bit program on gentoo-amd64, it may
> >> need other more 32bit of libraries,
> >
> > You can use a chroot wrapped with linux32 (sys-apps/util-linux) to build a
> [...]
> Thank you, I know this approach already, but it will duplicate all
> static files like etc, share, doc, man, var, ... wasting space;
bind mount /etc and /var to the chroot (*If* everything is compatible),
use FEATUES="nodoc,noman,etc" in the make.conf in the chroot.
> Just a simple problem:
> 1) if other linux distros can achieve, why gentoo not?
Simple answer, how many of them are installed from source? There is
work being done on true multilib support in gentoo, /join
#gentoo-multilib (or something named that obvious, I'm on a junk
internet connection atm and not sure this reply will make it out
today :P )
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Homer Parker <[email protected]>
