ia32-apt-get on Sid

[Dave Witbrodt <dawitbro@sbcglobal.net>]

I use Sid, and have been interested in the appearance of the new 
ia32-apt-get facility.

I see that ia32-apt-get has its own configuration files in

    /etc/ia32-apt

After reading /usr/share/doc/ia32-apt-get/README.Debian, I'm a bit 
confused on how this new system works

1)  The README.Debian file seems to indicate that updating should be 
performed using ordinary commands such as

    apt-get  update

or

    aptitude update

However, 'dpkg -L ia32-apt-get' indicates that new wrappers are 
provided, 'ia32-apt-get' and 'ia32-aptitude', which makes it seem like 
updating should be done with those wrappers instead, like this:

    ia32-apt-get  update

or

    ia32-aptitude update


2)  When the new packages were first installed, my understanding was 
that commands like 'aptitude' and 'apt-get' had been diverted, and 
running them would actually run the corresponding 'ia32-apt*' wrapper 
instead.  Reading NEWS.Debian.gz in /usr/share/doc/ia32-apt-get now 
seems to indicate that the diversion scheme has been dropped.

That raises many questions:

Should users be using 'aptitude', or 'ia32-aptitude', or both?

Should repository servers be listed in

    /etc/apt/sources.list
and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*.list

or should they be in

    /etc/ia32-apt/sources.list
and /etc/ia32-apt/sources.list.d/*.list?


3)  Do the 'ia32-apt*' wrappers keep their own database file for 
installed packages, or do they share the same database with the primary 
APT system.  For example, I have noticed that 'aptitude' still correctly 
shows my automatic dependencies, but running 'ia32-aptitude' indicates 
that none of my installed packages are marked as automatic dependencies.


If someone could clear up the confusion for me, I would really 
appreciate it.


Thanks,
Dave W.