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Re: 32 bit pkg on amd64



Hi.

On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 08:02:50PM +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
>Package: ia32-apt-get
>Description: Apt-get and dpkg wrapper for on-the-fly ia32-libs conversion
> On amd64 and ia64 the kernel is capable of executing i386
> binaries. For that to work with dynamically linked binaries the
> required 32bit libraries need to be available as well. This package
> contains wrappers for apt-get and dpkg that will enable you to install
> i386 packages and convert them as they are being installed.

I am using ia32-apt-get successfully on my system running unstable.

One issue is that apt-get update seems to run the conversion of package
twice.

Does anyone know where to look?

Regards

Jan

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