Why I've switched to Opera

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 12:29:06PM -0500, Walter Dnes wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 11:45:36AM -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote
> 
> > No pure 64bit firefox?  Really?
> 
>   Because the post I was replying to said that I was comparing
> source-code versus compiled executable, I deliberately chose
> firefox-bin.  The Gentoo ebuild, at least, appears to require 32-bit
> compatability support in a 64-bit install.  That's not "pure 64-bit" as
> far as I'm concerned.  Do you have 32-bit multilib support enabled?
> Here's what I got when trying to emerge firefox-bin in a 64-bit
> environment with no 32-bit multilib support...

Some plugins may still be 32bit, although I am not sure I have any of
those installed anymore.

> =====================================================================
> [i3][root][~] emerge -pv firefox-bin
> 
> These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
> 
> Calculating dependencies... done!
> 
> !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "firefox-bin" have been masked.
> !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your
> request:
> - www-client/firefox-bin-3.6.13 (masked by: package.mask)
> /usr/portage/profiles/features/64bit-native/package.mask:
> # AMD64 Team <amd64-aBrp7R+bbdUdnm+yROfE0A at public.gmane.org>
> # Mask packages that rely on amd64 multilib
> 
> For more information, see the MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge
> man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook.
> =====================================================================

The debian package for firefox does not depend on any 32bit lib support,
which to me means it is a pure 64bit package these days.

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Len Sorensen
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