Re: ia32-libs is a joke !
On Thu, Sep 01, 2005 at 10:56:43PM +0200, Ernest jw ter Kuile wrote:
> This package is huge !
>
> Is there a good reason it combines so many 32bits libraries from so many (x86)
> Debian packages ?
>
> Is there going to be a different ia32-libs package to download each time one
> of it's many elements is upgraded in debian 32 ? (which could be a daily
> happenning) It uses 27 MByte !
>
> why not several subsets ? remove everything X to start with.
>
> anybody : is there an alternative ?
Use a 32bit chroot. Then you control what gets installed.
ia32-libs is an all in one package for running most basic ai32 programs.
That is all it is for. And yes it is somewhat of a hack solution.
Len Sorensen
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