Changing an installed system from i386 to amd64

[Bakul Shah]

On Tue, 13 May 2008 16:59:11 BST Pete French <petefrench at ticketswitch.com>  wrote:
> > In the 64 bit FreeBSD world, /usr/lib32 contains libraries
> > for the x86 binaries and /lib, /usr/lib contain 64 bit
> > libraries so a straight install may mess things up.  At the
> > very least you should backup your 32 bit root partition --
> > but I have a feeling my advice is already too late :-)
> 
> heh, not too late, am not *that* impulsive - but I don't
> see why this will mess things up ? Surely thats exactly what
> I want to happen, for /usr/lib to become 64 bit to go
> with the binaries which will aalso become 64 bit.

If you run only the latest standard binaries you are right
but typically one acquires useful things over time and it is
not always possible to recompile them and also, why bother.