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Bug#384204: 32-bit biarch support



On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 12:10:54AM +0300, Daniel Stone wrote:
> 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.

Ok I give up.  Would be nice if someone had told me when I filed #381342 19 days
ago, though.

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