sevilla.larry Posted December 14, 2018 Report Share Posted December 14, 2018 I'm new to Funtoo. Also beginner with Gentoo. With "epro list", I noticed that there is "x86-64bit-papa". What's the difference with "x86-64bit"? Note, searching using Google with 'site:funtoo.org "x86-64bit-papa"' doesn't give any results with explanation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 AdiosKid Posted December 14, 2018 Report Share Posted December 14, 2018 7 hours ago, sevilla.larry said: I'm new to Funtoo. Also beginner with Gentoo. With "epro list", I noticed that there is "x86-64bit-papa". What's the difference with "x86-64bit"? Note, searching using Google with 'site:funtoo.org "x86-64bit-papa"' doesn't give any results with explanation. "x86-64bit-papa" is the parent of x86-64bit* profile. I wonder if was better change to pure64 as parent, I guess that will be better to understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 sevilla.larry Posted December 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2018 thx... ... pls ignore (but, any idea what's their differences?) searching again gives me some idea. Pure64, no 32bit programs... x86-64bit has 32bit compatibility layer. correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 AdiosKid Posted December 17, 2018 Report Share Posted December 17, 2018 30 minutes ago, sevilla.larry said: thx... ... pls ignore (but, any idea what's their differences?) searching again gives me some idea. Pure64, no 32bit programs... x86-64bit has 32bit compatibility layer. correct? x86-64bit could be multi-lib, pure64 no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Funtoo Linux BDFL drobbins Posted December 21, 2018 Funtoo Linux BDFL Report Share Posted December 21, 2018 It was something we added when merging profiles. x86-64bit-papa shouldn't be used by anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sevilla.larry
I'm new to Funtoo. Also beginner with Gentoo.
With "epro list", I noticed that there is "x86-64bit-papa".
What's the difference with "x86-64bit"?
Note, searching using Google with 'site:funtoo.org "x86-64bit-papa"' doesn't give any results with explanation.
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