Ok, so I have some apps that require 32 bit libraries, but I'm currently using
a no-multilib profile.

This page

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-amd64-faq.xml

says:

"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."

Now, I know that I can install most of the emul-linux-x86-* stuff and that
will probably be enough for me, but I was wondering what the technical
problems iwould be if I just changed my /etc/make.profile to point to a
multilib profile. As far as I can tell, gcc and glibc would be rebuilt with
USE=multilib, and a new set of libraries would be installed into /lib32 and
/usr/lib32 (in addition to those already installed under the corresponding
lib64 locations). So, how would that break the existing applications?

Thanks for any insight.

On Sunday 06 December 2009, Etaoin Shrdlu wrote:
> Ok, so I have some apps that require 32 bit libraries, but I'm currently
> using a no-multilib profile.

Apologies, I sent an email meant for gentoo-amd64 to gentoo-user. Sorry for
the trouble.