Am 28.12.2011 17:48, schrieb Les Mikesell: > 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? 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 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 262 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20111228/c8343847/attachment-0004.sig>