On 04-Oct-04 19:48, Andreas Jochens wrote: > On 04-Oct-04 12:27, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > > When we do this for amd64, we ought to do the same thing for ia32 as > > well. Then amd64-libs can lose the libraries. > > Thank you for your reply. > > Of course a 'libc6-amd64' would be a good thing to have for > i386/amd64-libs. This should work with a similar patch (basically with > 'i386' replaced by 'amd64' and vice versa, and with '-m32' replaced by > '-m64'). > > I even tried to write such a patch, but at that moment there was no > biarch compiler with a working '-m64' switch available on i386. > I just checked again and it seems that 'gcc-3.4 -m64' works now. > > I will try to change the patch so that it also covers the > i386/libc-amd64 case.
When trying to change the patch accordingly, I discovered that the 'linux-kernel-headers' package does not install the x86_64 kernel headers on i386. The x86_64 kernel headers will be necessary to compile the 64bit x86_64 version of libc6 on i386. In the opposite case, the i386 kernel headers are already being installed on amd64 by the current sid version of 'linux-kernel-headers'. I just filed a wishlist bug on 'linux-kernel-headers' to the BTS with a patch that installs the x86_64 linux kernel headers on i386 in the '/usr/include/x86_64-linux' directory. Maybe the patch in my previous email which handles just the amd64/libc-i386 case could be applied to glibc first? The i386/libc-amd64 could then be added later when an amended 'linux-kernel-headers' packages with the x86_64 headers becomes available on i386. Regards Andreas Jochens -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
