Re: Problem Installing libc6 (eglibc) from netboot image

2012-03-19 Thread Bob Proulx
Andrei POPESCU wrote: Bob Proulx wrote: You realize that skype is one of those evil applications! A kitten dies every time another user signs up for it. :-) I'd be very happy to know of any real alternative that can do: - sound + video - NAT traversal - support for Linux, Windows

Re: Problem Installing libc6 (eglibc) from netboot image

2012-02-27 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 23 feb 12, 18:33:13, Bob Proulx wrote: You realize that skype is one of those evil applications! A kitten dies every time another user signs up for it. :-) I'd be very happy to know of any real alternative that can do: - sound + video - NAT traversal - support for Linux, Windows and

Re: Problem Installing libc6 (eglibc) from netboot image

2012-02-25 Thread Chris Hiestand
Unfortunately I don't have much choice in supporting these apps: both because users want them and because they work better than their non-evil competition. I wish gnash was better, but in my experience it's a poor substitute. I'm not sure, but I am pretty sure that no PDF reader other than

Re: Problem Installing libc6 (eglibc) from netboot image

2012-02-23 Thread Bob Proulx
Chris Hiestand wrote: Bob Proulx wrote: Chris Hiestand wrote: It seems that during a preseeded installation today my squeeze VM installed a proposed update when it shouldn't have: Or did you simply catch an archive in the middle of being updated? That shouldn't happen but depends

Re: Problem Installing libc6 (eglibc) from netboot image

2012-02-23 Thread Chris Hiestand
On Feb 18, 2012, at 12:16 AM, Bob Proulx wrote: Chris Hiestand wrote: It seems that during a preseeded installation today my squeeze VM installed a proposed update when it shouldn't have: Or did you simply catch an archive in the middle of being updated? That shouldn't happen but depends

Re: Problem Installing libc6 (eglibc) from netboot image

2012-02-23 Thread Chris Hiestand
On Feb 23, 2012, at 1:43 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: That's because you're running i386 arch. I was on an amd64 machine. That makes a large difference! Out of curiosity, what are you using libc6-i386 for on your amd64 machine? To run 32-bit apps. When I need to build a 32-bit app I just

Re: Problem Installing libc6 (eglibc) from netboot image

2012-02-23 Thread Bob Proulx
Chris Hiestand wrote: Bob Proulx wrote: Out of curiosity, what are you using libc6-i386 for on your amd64 machine? To run 32-bit apps. When I need to build a 32-bit app I just switch to a 32-bit machine or VM. I've had to support several 32-bit apps in the past and present including:

Re: Problem Installing libc6 (eglibc) from netboot image

2012-02-18 Thread Bob Proulx
Chris Hiestand wrote: It seems that during a preseeded installation today my squeeze VM installed a proposed update when it shouldn't have: Or did you simply catch an archive in the middle of being updated? That shouldn't happen but depends upon the mirror you are using.

Problem Installing libc6 (eglibc) from netboot image

2012-02-17 Thread Chris Hiestand
It seems that during a preseeded installation today my squeeze VM installed a proposed update when it shouldn't have: root@test:/usr/share/doc# dpkg -l |grep 2.11.3-3 ii libc-bin2.11.3-3 Embedded GNU C Library: Binaries ii libc6