Re: ia32-libs{-tools}, multiarch, squeeze

[Yannick <yannick.roehlly@free.fr>]

Tollef Fog Heen wrote:

> ]] Yannick
> 
> | For instance, I wanted to test Firefox 3.5 in 32bits on my amd64
> | Debian (64bit Firefox 3.5 does not have the new tracemonkey javascript
> | engine).  With ia32-apt-get, I could install the 32bit version of my
> | GTK theme engine so that Firefox can look good.
> 
> You could just use a chroot.  It's not that hard.

Hi Tollef,

Of course I could use a chroot (even though I didn't know that schroot could 
permit me to use my home folder inside a chroot).

But then, why do some bother with multiarch implementation? ;-)

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't multiarch do the same thing as ia32-
apt-get but at the distribution level?

Sincerely,

Yannick