On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 09:43:58AM +0200, Martin Schulze wrote: > Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 07:54:18AM +0200, Martin Schulze wrote: > > > No. That's just what I remembered from the early days of debian-amd64. > > > I thought that programs could expect parts of the libraries to be 64 bit > > > and parts to be 32 bit which won't work, of course, if the 32 bit version > > > would not be around. > > > > AIUI, that's not how AMD64 works. If I understood things right, 64bit > > applications can only use 64 libraries; you can't mix them in one > > program. > > What's the benefit of a mixed environment then? The ability to run both 32bit and 64bit applications without having to mess with chroots? -- EARTH smog | bricks AIR -- mud -- FIRE soda water | tequila WATER -- with thanks to fortune
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