> >> I'm sorry -- I'm a bit confused about what this script does, and > >> the web page didn't really explain it. Does it remove the need for > >> a 32-bit chroot to run the above apps on a 64-bit system? If so, > >> how? By putting the 32-bit libraries in a special location, and > >> then surrounding all the above apps in a script wrapper that > >> sets library paths to the new locations? That kind of thing? > > > > Right. It's not clearly explained, but from studying the page it seems that > > installing amd64-archive creates an archive on your local machine of > > modified packages that wrap the apps for execution in the 64-bit > > environment. The archive of modified packages will be built in > > /var/lib/amd64-archive. > > > > It would seem better to create these packages once and for all and offer > > them in an online archive for everyone, but better this way than nothing. > > If they are created once and stored in an archive then you also have > to put sources there. For an example what that means lets show some > numbers. The ia32-libs package has a 20MB deb but ~250MB sources. > > The shear size of sources needed for all the libraries and apps one > might need in 32bit is too big to make this practicaly. > > We are working on better way, most importantly multiarch, so this is > just an intermittend hack.
OK. And BTW I don't mean to complain-- just offering my thoughts. Thanks to you and Mathieu for your work on this, which makes Debian AMD64 more useable for all of us. Andrew. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
