Re: ia32-apt-get and dependencies errors

[A J Stiles <deb64@earthshod.co.uk>]

I honestly don't see the need for ia32-apt-get.

What's wrong with just, you know, compiling your software for a 64-bit 
architecture in the first place?

The only conceivable reason why anyone might want to run software compiled for 
32-bits on a 64-bit machine is that they didn't have the Source Code.  And if 
you don't have the Source Code -- which is your *only* guarantee that the 
software isn't going to do nasty things -- you certainly should not be 
running it in an unprotected environment.

Closed-source software should only ever be run in a chroot, on a virtual 
machine, or on a physically separate machine firewalled off from the rest of 
the network.  Anything else is just not safe.

-- 
AJS
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