> > Why not use ~x86? Think of the following scenario: > > > > * app-theoretical has ~x86 but not ~amd64 in the latest release > > because it has been reported as unstable by most people.. > > * app-theoretical depends on lib-theoretical. > > * You have lib-theoretical installed but it is a version previous to > > the reqs on this latest release of app-theoretical - many of your > > programs require this lib - you have a *stable* install of this > > library. > > * The new release of lib-theoretical does not work on amd64 and is > > known to have many issues for many people. Therefore the keyword > > ~amd64 is not included. > > > > You run emerge on app-theoretical with the ~x86 accept flags and it > > replaces lib-theoretical with something that does not work. Not even > > updating your programs will fix the issue. > > > > It also causes problems when you mix flags like that because of the > > way emerge chooses to install requirements. You just don't do it or > > eventually your system will start to act shitty. Gentoo has a good > > article on this in one of their FAQ or something for the amd64. > > > > > > Thanks. Interesting info. > > Cheers, > Mark > > On mandriva 2006, not gentoo but i use a number of x86 packages on my x86_64 distro. Cedega works well, and i've got a 32 bit and a 64 bit mplayer. Though with the latest mplayer i'm needed to use the 32 bit one much less. I run a 64 bit konqueror as a browser and haven't run into any problems. I haven't tried xfst on this machine yet. Loki
