28 Dec
2011
28 Dec
'11
5:48 p.m.
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?
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Les Mikesell
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