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Re: ia32-libs is a joke !



On Thursday 01 September 2005 22:58, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 01, 2005 at 10:56:43PM +0200, Ernest jw ter Kuile wrote:
> > anybody : is there an alternative ?
>
> Use a 32bit chroot.  Then you control what gets installed.

Indeed, seems far more sensible. But that too is klunky.

 Hopefully a way will be found to go completly multi-arch, and simply allow 
installing any Debian package of any arch on any compatible system (if needed 
with a relevant virtual machine).

>
> 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.
Right. 

Ernest.



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