Re: I need explanation on the design of debian-amd64.

[Goswin von Brederlow <brederlo@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de>]

bob@proulx.com (Bob Proulx) writes:

> Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
>> You can use /emul/ia32-linux/lib (as the ia32-libs, ia32-libs-dev
>> and ia32-libs-openoffice.org packages already do). The drawback of
>> this method is that you can't just "apt-get install foobar" to
>> install a 32bit package.
>
> But if 'dchroot' is configured with the ia32-linux chroot then you can
> just say "dchroot apt-get install foobar" to install a 32bit package.
>
> Bob

dchroot will only work if you have a chroot.

And if you do why bother with /emul?

MfG
        Goswin