On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Michael Lampe <lampe at 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? -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com