On Mon, May 15, 2006 at 10:42:30AM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Alexander Samad <alex@samad.com.au> writes: > > > Hi > > > > sorry if this email is a bit off topic, but still enough to ask I think. > > > > What is the status of multiarch and debian (specifically amd64 port). > > > > I like lots of other users have migrated to amd64, I am finding it a > > bit of a pain to get some legacy software and even new stuff to work on > > my machines. > > > > Usually it invovles me having to manually install some i386 lib > > somewhere under the program directory setting up a script to change the > > ld_path. > > Dump them in /emul/ia32-linux/ or add the directory to > ld.so.conf. There is no need to write a wraper for every program to > change the library path. did not realise it handle x86_64 & i386 at the same time, thanks will do > > You can also make a wishlist bugreport against ia32-libs for inclusion > of more libs. We (the ia32-libs maintainer) don't know what libraries > are missing. If it isn't an too obscure software we can certainly add > libs. > > > This works, but is a pain to maintain > > > > I don't like the idea of chroot'ing > > > > My big hurdle to jump next is OO 2.x > > > > I have had a look around debian.org for multiarch and there seem like > > there was some work done back in 04 talk about it has been vary sparce. > > Don't hold your breath. The etch release is coming fast and there has > been pretty little progress in the direction of multiarch. Most > notably nobody steped up and did realy dig into dpkg and apt sources > to make it happen. What was done in the past is both incomplete and > in parts was only a hack for testing purposes. Nothing that would be > ready for a stable release. > > > Also looked around for OO on x86_64, this is also a bit here and a bit > > there, I reliase there are only a small amount of poeple working on it. > > But I would have thought this is a majour show stopper. > > The long term plan is to make it 64bit clean. The short term plan, > meaning at least etch, is to extend ia32-libs or equivalent mechanism > to get a 32bit OOo for amd64. any idea where I can look for these's deb's ? Most of the places I have look talk about it, but then the trail goes cold > > > Alex > > MfG > Goswin > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > >
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