64-bit libs on i386?

[John Richard Moser]

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Why are there 64-bit libs on i386?  The kernel can't run 64-bit programs
at all anyway.

4.4M    /lib64/
17M     /usr/lib64/

bluefox at icebox:/tmp/x$ /lib64/libc-2.4.so
bash: /lib64/libc-2.4.so: cannot execute binary file

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