Re: i386 executables on amd64?

2017-08-21 Thread Gary Dale
On 21/08/17 09:29 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Sat, Aug 19, 2017 at 06:01:03PM -0700, John Conover wrote: I inherited a project to install a pile of C code, compiled and running on Debian Wheezy i386 machine, to a Debian jessie amd64 machine. Astonishingly, most of the Wheezy i386 executables

Re: i386 executables on amd64?

2017-08-21 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sat, Aug 19, 2017 at 06:01:03PM -0700, John Conover wrote: > I inherited a project to install a pile of C code, compiled and > running on Debian Wheezy i386 machine, to a Debian jessie amd64 > machine. > > Astonishingly, most of the Wheezy i386 executables run on the Jessie > amd64 machine,

Re: i386 executables on amd64?

2017-08-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 19 August 2017 22:10:11 Mario Castelán Castro wrote: > On 2017-08-19 18:01 -0700 cono...@rahul.net (John Conover) wrote: > >Astonishingly, most of the Wheezy i386 executables run on the Jessie > >amd64 machine, (which came with the project.) > > > >Is this to be expected? > > x86-64

Re: i386 executables on amd64?

2017-08-19 Thread Mario Castelán Castro
On 2017-08-19 18:01 -0700 cono...@rahul.net (John Conover) wrote: >Astonishingly, most of the Wheezy i386 executables run on the Jessie >amd64 machine, (which came with the project.) > >Is this to be expected? x86-64 CPU can run IA32 programs, even when using a OS (having explicit support for

Re: i386 executables on amd64?

2017-08-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 19 August 2017 21:01:03 John Conover wrote: > I inherited a project to install a pile of C code, compiled and > running on Debian Wheezy i386 machine, to a Debian jessie amd64 > machine. > > Astonishingly, most of the Wheezy i386 executables run on the Jessie > amd64 machine, (which

i386 executables on amd64?

2017-08-19 Thread John Conover
I inherited a project to install a pile of C code, compiled and running on Debian Wheezy i386 machine, to a Debian jessie amd64 machine. Astonishingly, most of the Wheezy i386 executables run on the Jessie amd64 machine, (which came with the project.) Is this to be expected? Thanks,