Re: binary-i386 packages missing in Release file
On Tuesday 08 March 2016 10:07:35 Haines Brown wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 08, 2016 at 12:46:14PM +0000, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > > > > It sounds as though your Jessie is being identified as Wheezy.
> > > > > You get that warning with Wheezy, even if it is 64bit Wheezy
> > > > > with 64bit Google-Chrome. Presumably because Google hasn't
> > > > > written a string of different error messages for the various
> > > > > different things it has just stopped supporting.
> > > > >
> > > > > Why Jessie is being identified as Wheezy is another question.
> > > > > Is there any reason why you might get identified as Ubuntu
> > > > > 12.04? Another of the things that has just dropped off
> > > > > Google's cliff.
> > > > >
> > > > > Lisi
> > > >
> > > > Lisi, I have to make a confession. The machine is actually
> > > > running devuan Jessie. That is probably the reason.
> > >
> > > Glad we have solved the mystery - though sadly not your problem.
> > > :-(
> >
> > A potential solution to the problem would be Jessie proper, but
> > without systemd. It seems to work rather well, in fact, from what
> > people doing so say. I am about to cross my fingers and try it
> > myself.
> > Lisi
>
> In thinking about it, I'm not sure now if I installed the devuan ISO
> or debian Jessie and then removed systemd. As I tell my wife, I always
> am thinking about higher things! How would I know at this point which
> I did?
>
> Haines
Whether you can get away with that depends on the age of the wet ram, I
have reached that age (81) where I can recall stuff I did in the '60's,
but not what, if anything, I had for breakfast for breakfast this
morning, it takes 2 to 3 cups of caffiene before I can claim to even be
awake. That means 2 more before I'm safe around machinery. :)
Cheers, Gene Heskett
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