On Sat, Apr 10, 1999 at 01:35:09PM +0100, M.C. Vernon wrote: > > > Q3 : > > I don't have too much disk space, so is it possible to do some links to > > files > > from Debian GNU/Linux packages designed for "all" architecture on > > Linux partitions? > > No - althought those packages contain no architecture-dependant code, they > may have been compiled, inwhich case the binaries are > architecture-dependant. You can re-use packages consisting entirely of > scripts though.
Sorry, you got this one wrong, Matthew. "Architecture: any" packages need to be reinstalled. "Architecture: all" packages SHOULD run on all systems "byte by byte" read: without modifications. This is unfortunately not true for some scripts like makedev etc. Still I would say the PAIN symlinking the files is not worth the effort at all. The binary-all part of the system is minimal (5% maybe). Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann GNU http://www.gnu.org master.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09
