Re: Multiarch support (was Moving 32-bit libraries to (/usr)/lib32 on amd64)

2006-02-25 Thread Frank Lichtenheld
On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 07:55:00AM +0100, Christian Perrier wrote: > OK, sorry for the confusion but I really didn't want to see Aurélien > just stop this work which I'm pretty sure he's doing well. > > For dpkg, I think I've seen some discussion but Guillem Jover and/or > Frank Lichtenheld have p

Re: Multiarch support (was Moving 32-bit libraries to (/usr)/lib32 on amd64)

2006-02-24 Thread Christian Perrier
(restricting the CC list to real lists) Quoting Steve Langasek ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > On Fri, Feb 24, 2006 at 07:45:16AM +0100, Christian Perrier wrote: > > > > After a discussion on IRC, it seems there is no consensus about how > > > multiarch should be done. Therefore I stop working on that (p

Re: Multiarch support (was Moving 32-bit libraries to (/usr)/lib32 on amd64)

2006-02-24 Thread Steve Langasek
On Fri, Feb 24, 2006 at 07:45:16AM +0100, Christian Perrier wrote: > > After a discussion on IRC, it seems there is no consensus about how > > multiarch should be done. Therefore I stop working on that (patches are > > still welcome for glibc). > Is this really the best thing to do? > Even tho

Re: Multiarch support (was Moving 32-bit libraries to (/usr)/lib32 on amd64)

2006-02-23 Thread Christian Perrier
> After a discussion on IRC, it seems there is no consensus about how > multiarch should be done. Therefore I stop working on that (patches are > still welcome for glibc). Is this really the best thing to do? Even though there is no consensus (I overread the thread and anyway most parts of it

Re: Multiarch support (was Moving 32-bit libraries to (/usr)/lib32 on amd64)

2006-02-23 Thread Matthias Klose
Bdale Garbee writes: > On Fri, 2006-02-24 at 01:12 +0100, Aurelien Jarno wrote: > > > The only change planned is to make libc6-dev-i386 and libc6-i386 provide > > a glibc on amd64 instead of ia32-libs. It will be in /emul/ia32-linux (I > > still have to find how to do that cleanly in the debhelp

Re: Multiarch support (was Moving 32-bit libraries to (/usr)/lib32 on amd64)

2006-02-23 Thread Bdale Garbee
On Fri, 2006-02-24 at 01:12 +0100, Aurelien Jarno wrote: > The only change planned is to make libc6-dev-i386 and libc6-i386 provide > a glibc on amd64 instead of ia32-libs. It will be in /emul/ia32-linux (I > still have to find how to do that cleanly in the debhelper files). > > Bdale, do you a

Re: Multiarch support (was Moving 32-bit libraries to (/usr)/lib32 on amd64)

2006-02-23 Thread Aurelien Jarno
Steve Langasek a écrit : On Thu, Feb 23, 2006 at 10:58:15PM +0100, Aurelien Jarno wrote: Some update on this, as we have evolved a lot since the last mail. Bdale Garbee a écrit : On Tue, 2006-02-21 at 07:10 +0100, Aurelien Jarno wrote: Moving 32-bit libraries to (/usr)/lib32 won't mak

Re: Multiarch support (was Moving 32-bit libraries to (/usr)/lib32 on amd64)

2006-02-23 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, Feb 23, 2006 at 10:58:15PM +0100, Aurelien Jarno wrote: > Some update on this, as we have evolved a lot since the last mail. > Bdale Garbee a écrit : > >On Tue, 2006-02-21 at 07:10 +0100, Aurelien Jarno wrote: > > > > > >>Moving 32-bit libraries to (/usr)/lib32 won't make the amd64 port

Multiarch support (was Moving 32-bit libraries to (/usr)/lib32 on amd64)

2006-02-23 Thread Aurelien Jarno
Hi! Some update on this, as we have evolved a lot since the last mail. Bdale Garbee a écrit : On Tue, 2006-02-21 at 07:10 +0100, Aurelien Jarno wrote: Moving 32-bit libraries to (/usr)/lib32 won't make the amd64 port compliant with the FHS, which is almost impossible given the current setup

Re: Moving 32-bit libraries to (/usr)/lib32 on amd64

2006-02-22 Thread Bdale Garbee
On Tue, 2006-02-21 at 07:10 +0100, Aurelien Jarno wrote: > Moving 32-bit libraries to (/usr)/lib32 won't make the amd64 port > compliant with the FHS, which is almost impossible given the current > setup, ie 64-bit libraries in /lib. However, it would make it compliant > with the part of the FH

Re: Moving 32-bit libraries to (/usr)/lib32 on amd64

2006-02-20 Thread Aurelien Jarno
Steve Langasek a écrit : On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 11:10:41AM -0700, Bdale Garbee wrote: On Mon, 2006-02-20 at 02:23 -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: If there's consensus that putting this stuff in /usr/lib32 on amd64 is prettier than /emul/ia32-linux, I see no reason not to move forward. My se

Re: Moving 32-bit libraries to (/usr)/lib32 on amd64

2006-02-20 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 11:10:41AM -0700, Bdale Garbee wrote: > On Mon, 2006-02-20 at 02:23 -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > > If there's > > consensus that putting this stuff in /usr/lib32 on amd64 is prettier than > > /emul/ia32-linux, I see no reason not to move forward. > My sense is that the "c

Re: Moving 32-bit libraries to (/usr)/lib32 on amd64

2006-02-20 Thread Aurelien Jarno
Kurt Roeckx a écrit : On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 11:10:41AM -0700, Bdale Garbee wrote: On Mon, 2006-02-20 at 02:23 -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: If there's consensus that putting this stuff in /usr/lib32 on amd64 is prettier than /emul/ia32-linux, I see no reason not to move forward. My sense i

Re: Moving 32-bit libraries to (/usr)/lib32 on amd64

2006-02-20 Thread Matthias Klose
Kurt Roeckx writes: > In the end, I'd like to get rid of ia32-libs, and have it be a > dummy package. But on the other hand, I don't want to make a > biarch version of things like the X libraries. you can't get rid of it on ia64 unless you either drop the 32bit support or else you provide a cross

Re: Moving 32-bit libraries to (/usr)/lib32 on amd64

2006-02-20 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 11:10:41AM -0700, Bdale Garbee wrote: > On Mon, 2006-02-20 at 02:23 -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > > If there's > > consensus that putting this stuff in /usr/lib32 on amd64 is prettier than > > /emul/ia32-linux, I see no reason not to move forward. > > My sense is that the

Re: Moving 32-bit libraries to (/usr)/lib32 on amd64

2006-02-20 Thread Bdale Garbee
On Mon, 2006-02-20 at 02:23 -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > If there's > consensus that putting this stuff in /usr/lib32 on amd64 is prettier than > /emul/ia32-linux, I see no reason not to move forward. My sense is that the "concensus" that exists is around FHS compliance. While I personally consi

Re: Moving 32-bit libraries to (/usr)/lib32 on amd64

2006-02-20 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 01:59:54AM +0100, Aurelien Jarno wrote: > The amd64 port is currently providing 32-bit libraries via the ia32-libs > package. This package was originally designed for ia64, and thus install > 32-bit libraries in /emul/ia32-linux/ . This is not compliant with the > FHS for a

Moving 32-bit libraries to (/usr)/lib32 on amd64

2006-02-19 Thread Aurelien Jarno
Hi all, The amd64 port is currently providing 32-bit libraries via the ia32-libs package. This package was originally designed for ia64, and thus install 32-bit libraries in /emul/ia32-linux/ . This is not compliant with the FHS for amd64. Note also that this package does not rebuild the libraries