Re: -= PROPOSAL =- Release sarge with amd64
viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk writes:
> [debian-vote removed as off-topic]
>
> On Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 05:16:10AM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
>> No, the only thing referencing lib or lib64 is the ld.so. Because of
>> that existing i386 binaries work with /emul/i386-linux/lib under ia64
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
actually:
% cat /etc/ld.so.conf
/usr/X11R6/lib
/emul/ia32-linux/lib
/emul/ia32-linux/usr/lib
/emul/ia32-linux/usr/X11R6/lib
> Uh-oh.
>
> <puts the VFS maintainer hat on>
>
> Excuse me, but altroot and "work" in the same sentence makes no sense.
> Please, take a look at the kernel side of that atrocity - it's *not*
> a good thing to rely upon. How heavily do you plan to use it? Details,
> please.
altroot?
The way ia32-libs works, from what I have seen in the config, is that
it installs the 32 bit ia32 '/lib/ld-2.3.2.so' normaly but configures
the ld.so.conf to point to /emul/ia32-linux/ subdirs.
There is no magic involved, just some smart configuration. The chance
of it breaking is as big as say /usr/local/lib.
MfG
Goswin
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