Mark Knecht <markknecht <at> gmail.com> writes:
> Hybrid runs on either 32-bit or 64-bit hardware. > MultilLib requires 64-bit hardware. Thanks Mark, Yep, got that. There is no "hybrid" profile? Not that I can find. Is what about all those 32 bit goodies like plugins window-compatibility-software etc etc? So the only real question is does my amd64 machines need hybrid in some circumstances, like depending of the software that I run? If so, is there a listing of software that needs the 32 bit support? eselect profile list: [1] default/linux/amd64/10.0 [2] default/linux/amd64/10.0/desktop [3] default/linux/amd64/10.0/desktop/gnome [4] default/linux/amd64/10.0/desktop/kde * [5] default/linux/amd64/10.0/developer [6] default/linux/amd64/10.0/no-multilib [7] default/linux/amd64/10.0/server [8] hardened/linux/amd64 [9] hardened/linux/amd64/no-multilib [10] selinux/2007.0/amd64 [11] selinux/2007.0/amd64/hardened [12] selinux/v2refpolicy/amd64 [13] selinux/v2refpolicy/amd64/desktop [14] selinux/v2refpolicy/amd64/developer [15] selinux/v2refpolicy/amd64/hardened [16] selinux/v2refpolicy/amd64/server Is this the profile [6] or [9] the hybrid, indicating that "hybrid" means "no-multilib", strictly ? Are servers affected (profile choice) by this hybrid-mulitlib issue, or just work-stations? Are AMD64 systems set up to be multilib by defaut; say for example if I set the profile to [1] ? Where do I read up on this issue of multilib versus hybrid? I find tidbits, but no discussion, overview or focus on the choices and when a user should select one over the other, beyond support for 32 bit software. If I recall correctly there are a plethora of software issues related to browsers, video(media) and things like flash that may depend on 32 bit software plugins or support? I'm not really up on this choice and the implications of decision. When will we see new profile choices (no sync in a week or so)? James
