Re: -= PROPOSAL =- Release sarge with amd64
Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net> writes:
> * Raul Miller (moth@debian.org) wrote:
>> On Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 09:31:39AM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
>> > apt-get install dchroot cdebootstrap
>> >
>> > read FAQ
>>
>> I've already raised this in another message, but how do I make 32 bit
>> userland able to use 64 bit programs?
>
> At the moment, you don't. There doesn't exist a 'ia64-libs', if you
> will. It's possible you could find the old biarch stuff and use that to
> get a toolchain going to the point where you could actually build one.
> They'd have to be 'fake' i386 packages though, unless you go through and
> make the changes necessary to dpkg and company.
>
> Stephen
Or you port the ia32-libs package to build a amd64-libs package, if
chroots are not to your likeing.
MfG
Goswin
PS: an amd64-libs package can only be in sid once amd64 has been added
to build the sources.
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