Bug#198158: architecture i386 isn't i386 anymore
Package: general
Severity: serious
Tags: sarge, sid
[please don't reassign to any gcc/libstdc++ package]
Nathanel's summary:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2003/debian-devel-200304/msg02112.html
A list of proposals what to do:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2003/debian-devel-200305/msg00360.html
Some questions on this topic:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2003/debian-devel-200304/msg01895.html
The solution I would favour would be:
- drop the i386 support
- keep the i386 architecture name
- let dpkg-architecture output the new configuration string
(i.e. i486-linux)
- if anybody wants to start the mini-i386 architecture, we have to
find an architecture name for it.
changing the dpkg-architecture's ARCH string to i.e. i486 would break
a lot of build scripts ...
comments welcome.
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