Re: please put not all into multiarch!
> What I'm trying to say is that ia32-libs and ia32-libs-gtk probably
> contain all of those libraries.
>
> If you want to keep your system light you should probably install the
> real 32-bit skype (not the pseudo-amd64 one), because that package will
> depend only on the 32-bit libraries it really needs.
>
> Kind regards,
> Andrei
Hi all!
What I do not understand: Why does skype want to install lots of new 32-bit
libs, when the package (and this is the 32-bit one) already can use either
ia32-libs and ia32-libs-gtk (which are also used by other applications).
I suggest this solution: Packages should be built in that way, that they can
use either ia32-libs and ia32-libs-gtk or the libs from multiarch:i386. If
that is working, then step by step ia32-libs may be made thinned out from
double libs, until ia32-libs are no more necessary at all. At that point the
package ia32-libs can be deleted.
On the other hand, it should be made sure, that 32-bit applications should be
able to use 64-bit libs as much as possible. 32-bit is dying! And in the next
years, it will not be used any more.
Greets
Hans
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