standards

[Colin Watson]

On Wed, Mar 01, 2006 at 12:22:32AM +1100, Sasha Tsykin wrote:
> I want to write to you about standards for 32-bit libraries on 64-bit
> systems. The main reason is because trying to install many 32-bit debs
> in Ubuntu can be a pain. In particular it is ridiculous that to get
> certain programs to work/compile you must install a 32-bit chroot. This
> is just a waste of space on the hard drive.
> 
> What I propose is that all 32-bit libraries be compiled in /usr/lib and
> all 64-bit libraries be compiled in /usr/lib64, because this is what
> many other distributions use. Also, could we please see a package
> manager whihc allows packages for another architecture to be installed?

Yes, this is all planned work being investigated at the moment, under
the name of "multiarch".

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Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson at ubuntu.com]