Package: ia32-apt-get Version: 22 Severity: normal
The documentation for ia32-apt-get doesn't say that having installed and configured ia32-apt-get, once now has to use the ia32-apt-get, ia32-apt-cache, ia32-dpkg, and ia32-dpkg-deb commands in place of apt-get, apt-cache etc. Maybe this seems obvious, but it wasn't to me-- I had the same confusion as the reporter of bug #536526, until I read that bug report and figured it out. Unfortunately /usr/share/doc/ia32-apt-get/README.Debian, although very clear in other respects, fails to mention this basic fact. I suggest that something like the text below be added to README.Debian. In addition, the advice in section (4) of README.Debian that 'You can check the pinning by running "apt-cache policy"' is incorrect: apt-cache policy won't work; the user has to run ia32-apt-cache policy. Thanks, Andrew. 6) Using ia32-apt-get --------------------- Once ia32-apt-get is installed and configured as described above, you now have to use the ia32-apt-get, ia32-apt-cache, ia32-dpkg, and ia32-dpkg-deb commands in place of apt-get, apt-cache, etc., to install both 32bit and 64bit packages. The ordinary apt-get and apt-cache commands will continue to see only 64bit packages. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (400, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26 (SMP w/3 CPU cores; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages ia32-apt-get depends on: ii debconf 1.5.27 Debian configuration management sy ii ia32-libs-tools 22 Tools for converting i386 debs for Versions of packages ia32-apt-get recommends: ii fakeroot 1.13 Gives a fake root environment ia32-apt-get suggests no packages. -- debconf information: * ia32-apt-get/allowed-packages: All ia32-apt-get/undo-old-sources-list: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
