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Bug#341788: libg2c0-dev: includes 32-bit compatibility libraries in pure 64-bit amd64 installation



severity 341788 minor
merge 341788 323285
tags 341788 + wontfix
thanks

Larry Doolittle writes:
> Package: libg2c0-dev
> Version: 1:3.4.5-1
> Severity: normal
> 
> 
> Out of the 905 packages on my pure 64-bit amd64 debian sid machine,
> only this one and fakeroot put any files in /emul/ia32-linux/ .
> For general cleanliness and possible improved security, I don't
> want any 32-bit compatibility libraries on this machine.  Hence
> the "pure" in my machine description.
> 
> I'm not opposed to having 32-bit libraries built for 64-bit machines,
> but they should be somehow separated and optional (even "suggested"),
> since many people _do_ want to run 32-bit code on their 64-bit
> processors.  I happen to not be one one of them.



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