is anyone ever going to fix this major bug?

[C de-Avillez]

Brendan Miller wrote:
> Ah, Ok. I haven't updated any of my systems to 9.10, so I didn't
> realize that 32 bit compatibility had been removed... Given that, I
> probably just won't update since it would break adobe air and all my
> third party stuff...
>
>   
I am afraid there is a misunderstanding here. 32bit compatibility has
*not* been removed -- it is provided by the 'ia32-libs' and
'ia32-sun-java6-bin' packages, on both Jaunty and Karmic.

On the other hand, if you have third-party packages, nothing is certain.
The best course for you is to contact the third-party providers, and
enquire about compatibility with Karmic (or about a Karmic version).

The 'ia32-libs-tools' package is to be used by those needing to
*transform* an existing 64bit library package (and *not* provided by the
two packages above) into a 32bit one. I would expect that most of the
Ubuntu 64bit users do not need this tool.

Anyway. I found what seems to be the latest (and last) 'ia32-libs-tools'
in Debian [1]. Obviously, I do not know how long it will survive there,
since it has been dropped.

Cheers,

..C..

[1]
http://mentors.debian.net/cgi-bin/sponsor-pkglist?action=details;package=ia32-libs-tools


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