----- Original Message -----
From: "G�tz Waschk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 4:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Cooker] mmx and such


> Am Freitag, 21. M�rz 2003, 16:43:22 Uhr MET, schrieb Oden Eriksson:
> > I have to concur. Mandrake Linux won't even pass first boot on non i686
due
> > to the /lib/i686 mess. Because of this Mandrake can not state that it
runs
> > on i586 and later. What's the point with /lib/i686? It isn't possible to
> > have i386, i486, i586, ppc, etc. in there also?
>
> The programs should only use /lib/i686/lib* on i686 processors. Take a
> look at your /lib directory, there are the i586 versions of the glibs
libs.

This is deja vu. We have had this discussion before (not you an I).

The problem, or the _huge_ bug if you wish lies in the fact that /lib/i686
is installed, used and looked for despite what arch you may have. This cause
problems.


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