On 2018-07-04 02:06, Andrew Udvare wrote: > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:AMD64/32-bit_Chroot_Guide > > If most of your apps are 32-bit then you are almost better off running > a native 32-bit system, especially for games. > > You can also use the chroot for building, but then copy the libraries > you need (and only the ones you need) to a path outside of the > chroot. Then you can set LD_LIBRARY_PATH to that path and run the > binary. This will work for most apps including games. I prefer this > way because then I don't have to remember to set up the chroot, nor do > I have to do anything as root once this is set up. This is how I ran > PCSX2 prior to it running natively on x86-64. > > Otherwise, if graphics performance is not an issue, use a 32-bit Linux > within a VM.
But if this is so, what is the purpose of multilib, anyway? Besides making portage more complex and thus cooler :-P -- Please don't Cc: me privately on mailing lists and Usenet, if you also post the followup to the list or newsgroup. To reply privately _only_ on Usenet and on broken lists which rewrite From, fetch the TXT record for no-use.mooo.com.
