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Bug#384204: 32-bit biarch support



On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 08:28:19PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote:
> Ok, if I understood correctly, changes in comparison with what we have now
> are:
> 
>  - A more standarised pathset, instead of just /emul/ia32-linux.  According to
>    http://wiki.debian.org/toolchain-multiarch, there are plans to make the
>    toolchain aware of the new paths.  Sounds a lot like post-etch, but AFAIK
>    we can do the same without it (by using --libdir at build time, and adequate
>    /etc/ld.so.conf at runtime)
> 
>  - dpkg / dak / katie major rework (I haven't read in-depth, but I assume the
>    point is using the same ia32 code from the i386 port without compiling it
>    separately.  Definitely post-etch..)
> 
> Did I miss something?  Is someone able to guess which of them is Daniel
> concerned with?

And the crucial points:
  - generalised: works on any architecture, not just amd64/i386,
  - non-intrusive: dak/dpkg changes are easy.  changing every package to
                   have such horrendous hacks as this, with hardcoded
                   triplets, is never going to fly,
  - cleaner: see previous two.

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