Migrating Profile to 23.0 and ditching Multilib?

saski4711 · Apprentice Joined: 24 Jun 2004 Posts: 176

Hello,

I'm about to update my profile from 17.1 to 23.0/split-usr. I also would like to get gid of multilib. Is there a way to do this in one go without too much mines to step on?

Thx in advance.

Banana · Veteran Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 1392 Location: Germany

I strongly suggest do it afterwards. Switching from multilib to no-multilib has its own problems to solve and you don't want to mix them.
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e8root · n00b Joined: 09 Feb 2024 Posts: 71

Maybe go with multilib profile for now to not do too much at one step but at least remove abi_x86_32 flag from any package which has t before emerge --emptytree @world just so that you don't need to do it later?
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saski4711 · Apprentice Joined: 24 Jun 2004 Posts: 176

all right, will do the profile upgrade first as recommended.

Thx for the tip.

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2024 12:19 pm Post subject:

saski4711,

Switching from multilib to no-multilib abandons the 32 bit code in place.
Oher than saving build time for the toolchain, is makes no difference to the way your install works.

There is no going back once things have been updated as the 32 bit code still installed will be old versions.

The no-multilib and multilib on disk layouts differ too, since multilib must keep 32 bit anf 64 bit programs with the same names apart.

Is short, the switch is unlikely to be worthwhile at all. If you do go ahead, keep it separate to the profile change.
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