Re: Will installing libc6-i686 on my i586 crunch my installation?
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 8:37 PM, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> On 02/17/2009 02:19 PM, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote:
>>
>> Clemens Eisserer wrote:
>>>
>>> That was my question after all.
>>>
>>> I would like to install "autossh", but apt detects some dependencies,
>>> including some package named "libc6".
>>> The package "libc6" seems to suggest libc6-i686, at least that what I
>>> understood from your descriptions.
>>>
>>> The big question is, will "apt-get install autossh" destroy my system,
>>> by installing libc6-i686?
>>> And if so, what can I do to prevent that and force it to install
>>> another version?
>>>
>>
>> It's just a "Suggest", so it won't be installed, unless you ask for it.
>
> Didn't I say that?
>
Actually, no you didn't. The bit about 'it won't be installed, unless you
ask for it' may have been *implied* by what you said, but it was never
stated and that's an assumption that it's safer not to make.
Nye
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