Re: libc6-i386 versus ia32-libs

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

Michelasso <qzerty@gmail.com> writes:

> Hello everybody,
> today updating my sid I noticed this conflict, and I was wondering if
> I can remove ia32-libs from my system or if I have to wait until a new
> version of ia32-libs compatible with libc6-i386 comes out (and maybe
> this should be the right way to do since, if I am not wrong, ia32-libs
> contains many more libraries than llibc6).

Yes. You can remove ia32-libs or have to wait for an update (ETA
friday night, via NMU if the maintainer doesn't move).

And yes, ia32-libs has a lot more libs and won't have libc6 anymore
(but depend on libc6-i386) in the future.

> Suggestions?

Frederick and I are polishing of the package atm for either a
maintainer sponsored upload or NMU. If you can't wait and can't do
without ia32-libs for a while then fetch the patch from the BTS (one
of those 5 merged RC bugs) and build your own ia32-libs.

MfG
        Goswin