Re: multiarch status update
"Olaf van der Spek" writes...
> Does it also allow completely arbitrary combinations to be installed?
We're not sure of this implementation detail yet. But I think...
By default your system won't be multiarch, but the sysadmin can turn on
combinations. The config file for doing this will have entries for known
working combinations, but nothing will prevent you from adding your own
combination (because maybe you are developing support for that combination).
> Does it also allow multiple versions of the same package to be
> installed at the same time?
> For example, multiple minor versions or multiple major versions?
Read the papers listed in the wiki. The short answer is no, same as it is
today with single-arch. As explained in the papers, trying to do anything else
results in a complex dependency nightmare.
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Matt Taggart
taggart@debian.org
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