On 12.02.2012 17:05, Neil Williams wrote: > On Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:43:24 +0100 > Michael Biebl <bi...@debian.org> wrote:
>> >> gio-quermodules generates a cache files in a arch specific location for >> the plugins/extensions specific for this arch. So moving them to >> /usr/bin seems wrong. > > Yes, but what purpose is that cache file when the binaries for that > architecture cannot be executed? What if they can, like i386 and amd64? > Why is it being created unconditionally? What possible usage is the > foreign architecture cache? Unless *the majority* of foreign > architecture caches are *actually* going to be loaded and useful *at > runtime* on a different native architecture, there is no point > generating these cache files in an architecture-dependent manner from > the libraries, for every foreign architecture on every upgrade. The cache is used at runtime, yes. The major use case for multi-arch is running i386 on amd64, no? -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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