On Thursday 22 July 2010 11:13:23 Alex Schuster wrote: > Nikos Chantziaras writes: > > On 07/22/2010 12:56 PM, Andrea Momesso wrote: > > > That's impossible, isn't it? > > I think so. > > > > Swithcing profile and reemerging everithing isn't gonna work? Even > > > from a chroot? > > > > > > Should I reinstall a new stage from scratch? Adobe stopped providing > > > flash for linux 64 bit, and I some of the sites I need to visit for > > > work need it. Mantaining a chroot is not worth the effort, so I > > > really want to switch. > > > > > > Thank you in advance. > > > > emerge www-plugins/nspluginwrapper and this will make 32bit Flash work > > in 64bit browsers. > > But only when the multilib profile is active. I do not know why this is, > and if there are _any_ hacks that might make this possible, but the Gentoo > AMD64 FAQ [*] states: > > Warning: Currently you cannot switch from a no-multilib to a multilib- > enabled profile, so think over your decision twice before you use the > no-multilib profile. >
Yeah, nspluginwrapper won't work for me, since I have a full no-multilib profile. And yes, I had read the AMD64 FAQs before installing, and I've been happy with no-multilib for quita a while. I still have adobe flash 10.0.45.2-r2 installed, but I understand it has serius security problems, and I had to mask all higher versions. BTW, is anybody aware of the technical reason why the switch of profile is impossible? Can it be workarounded? --- TopperH http://topperh.ath.cx
