On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 5:13 PM, Mick <michaelkintz...@gmail.com> wrote: > I see in the amd64 FAQs this: > ============================== > Can I get Adobe Flash working? > Yes. Just emerge adobe-flash. Adobe has provided a 64-bit Flash > plugin starting with version 10.0.22.87. If you don't need the 32-bit > plugin, then run echo "www-plugins/adobe-flash -32bit" >> > /etc/portage/package.use. This will install only the 64-bit Flash > plugin. > ============================== > > So that I am clear, why would I want to install flash with both the > 32bit and 64bit USE flags? If there is no reason for both flags, then > should I be disabling the 32bit globally or are there other > circumstances that mean I should only set it so for this package?
In the old days, when Flash and Java was only available as 32-bit plug-ins, people also ran 32-bit versions of their browsers (in order to be able to use those plug-ins). In the time since then, we had nspluginwrapper to allow 32-bit plug-ins in 64-bit browsers, and now we have native 64-bit plug-ins. I guess the 32-bit option is still there for people who are still using the old set-up and haven't gone to a totally 64-bit browser yet.
