On Tue, 31 Mar 2015 11:40:44 -0500 
Barry Schwartz wrote -
> Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> skribis:
> > > Is it still necessary to be using multilib?
> > 
> > If you're running 100% freedomware, almost certainly not ...
> 
> Firefox binaries are 32-bit. QED.

More accurately:
32-bit Firefox binaries are 32 bit
64-bit Firefox binaries are 64 bit

>From firefox-bin-35.0.ebuild (others are similar):
SRC_URI="${SRC_URI}
        amd64? ( ${MOZ_FTP_URI}/${MOZ_PV}/linux-x86_64/en-US/${MOZ_P}.tar.bz2 
-> ${PN}_x86_64-${PV}.tar.bz2 )
        x86? ( ${MOZ_FTP_URI}/${MOZ_PV}/linux-i686/en-US/${MOZ_P}.tar.bz2 -> 
${PN}_i686-${PV}.tar.bz2 )"

QED.

> 
> (I rarely run Firefox binaries or even keep them installed, but it
> does occasionally happen.)
> 


Dave F

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