On 2022-02-01, Stanislav Vlasov <stanislav....@gmail.com> wrote: > 2022-02-01 17:20 GMT+05:00, Curt <cu...@free.fr>: >> On 2022-01-31, Stefan Monnier <monn...@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote: >>>> Technically correct, but Curt's response was good enough for Richard >>>> Owlett to make progress. Richard Owlett is very unlikely to be using >>>> a 64-bit kernel with 32-bit userspace. >>> >>> BTW, for the twisted-minded it's probably possible to run a 64bit >>> userspace on a 32bit kernel. > > Me used that some years ago - 4GB ram was accessible only with 64bit > kernel and proprietary 32bit software. > >> Oh nuts. I was going to say I was at least half correct. > > This will print what you need > dpkg --print-architecture >
Yes, I've adequately absorbed this information. But I don't need it. I mean, despite my advancing years, I remember, like the vast majority of people here, I suppose, whether I installed a 64 or a 32 bit release (although the consequences of not remembering appear to me to be rather innocuous for my use case).