Am 28.12.2011 17:48, schrieb Les Mikesell:
On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Michael Lampe lampe@gcsc.uni-frankfurt.de wrote:
Biarch is actually only needed for libraries and support packages. Running native i386 application on x86_64 does not make much sense (third-party apps are another thing).
I also like the option to compile, run, test, debug, etc. my own programs as 32 bit. That's why starting with 5.x there's not only the libs, but also the devel-packages.
Biarch is at least to me a valuable feature. Anyway it's all there, just not in the ISOs it seems.
Why not use a virtual machine for that and have a cleaner separation of the architectures?
not only architectures
compilers and devel-packages should usually be seperated from working-computers and the compiled software packed as RPM in a dedicated vritual machine
the only way to keep systems clean, "make install" is the best way to make the whole setup dirty and especially for development/building snapshots of a virtual machine are a hughe benfit