The new build method is in...

Ken Moffat ken at linuxfromscratch.org
Sat Dec 6 05:23:54 MST 2008


On Fri, Dec 05, 2008 at 06:54:51PM -0800, Bryan Kadzban wrote:
> Ken Moffat wrote:
> > Last time this was discussed, the general view seemed to be that 
> > pure64 was a step far enough.  Care to remind me what the advantages
> > of multilib builds are ?
> 
> For me: Flash.  Either "standard" flash, or nspluginwrapper-flash --
> both require 32-bit libs somewhere.  (nspluginwrapper so that its 32-bit
> binary and the flash library can use them; standard flash so that both
> the FF binary and the flash library can use them.)
> 
 gnash mainly works for me.

> 
> (In short: anywhere anyone would be using anything closed-source or
> easier to obtain as a binary may introduce a need for multilib.)
> 

 Well, if enough people want to do that, don't let me stand in the
way.  It will be "interesting" for BLFS.

ĸen
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