On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 9:13 AM, Tim Verhoeven tim.verhoeven.be@gmail.com wrote:
I don't know how Debian does it. But this is how CentOS does it. Basically all libraries are available in 32 and 64 bit versions and
To complement this with experience with Debian - current Debian stable release (Etch) still requires you to install 32-bit environments in chroot and run applications in that chroot. A multitude of chroot tools makes this painless once it's setup (e.g. I use schroot). It's askward and backwards and atypical for Debian to be in such a position.
BUT - I heard that the next release (i.e. Lenny, which is advancing in good pace to be released on time this year) finally falls in line with the rest of the major distributions and supports 32-bit applications without having to build chroot environment for them. However - I haven't got around to test this (trying to stick with stable, and the schroot solution works for me) so I can't give details on how exactly it works with the installations tools (e.g. aptitude, apt-get etc).
Hope this helps,
--Amos