Re: Q about ia32-apt-get

[Dave Witbrodt <dawitbro@sbcglobal.net>]

Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> Alex Samad <alex@samad.com.au> writes:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > Seems like there has been some traffic about ia32-apt-get, just
> > wondering if this is the new way forward instead of ia32-libs
> >
> > is there any must read articles about ia32-apt-get ?
> >
> > Alex
>
> That remains to be seen. Some people want the old ia32-libs back but
> so far the new maintainer hasn't uploaded it again. And I will keep
> using and maintaining ia32-apt-get.
>
> At the moment it is a "Pick your poison" situation.

FWIW, I was always curious about whether it was possible for the Debian 
to provide a more sane packaging system than 'ia32-libs' for 32-bit 
libraries on AMD64 setups.  Now that 'ia32-apt-get' has moved from 
experimental to unstable, I immediately switched to the new system to 
test it and (maybe) help iron out any bugs.  In the long run, I think it 
makes much more sense for Debian (and its derivatives) to do things this 
way.


Dave W.