On Wed, 2012-02-15 at 04:32 +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> writes: [..] > > Since dpkg will prefer to install packages from the native > > architecture, I don't see any problem here. I suppose I'm biased by > > having actually tested this. > > > > Ben. > > But it is only a preference, not a garanty. With aptitude even pining is > just taken as advisement. So there will always be a risk of amd64 > packages getting pulled in before the user reboots into a 64bit > kernel. As I said, not safe. > > Are you sure you can get all the bugs fixed and the package and > multiarch properly tested so wheezy can rely on it for something as > essential as the kernel? Since when do we require that all bugs are fixed? Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Beware of programmers who carry screwdrivers. - Leonard Brandwein
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