dpkg multiple arch support (Re: RFC: pentium optimized debian)

[Kristoffer.Rose@ENS-Lyon.FR]

Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> wrote:

> Here's a proposal:
> 
> Make /etc/dpkg/arch be a conffile for dpkg. If it is not present, dpkg
> behaves exactly as it does now. The contents of the file would look
> something like:
> 
> i386: i386 pentium all
> m68k: m68k all
> powerpc: powerpc all
> sparc: sparc all
...
>
> I think there's a package for the alpha that lets them run i386 linux
> binaries, so some people might even use:
> 
> alpha: alpha i386 pentium all
> 
> What do you think?

There is the issue of >shudder< shared libraries.  Are we sure that an
i386 binary that depends on libx can use lix for alpha on an alpha?  And
can a pentium binary always use an i386 library?

Cheers,
	Kristoffer

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