Bug#366741: get i686-linux-gnu binaries on amd64

[Robert Millan]

On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 12:56:36PM +0200, Frank S. Thomas wrote:
> On Monday 22 May 2006 17:52, Marc F. Clemente wrote:
> > Robert Millan wrote:
> > > Then I think the right fix would be to attempt a download of
> > > x86_64-pc-linux-gnu binary, and if that fails fallback to
> > > i386-pc-linux-gnu.  In that situation libc6-i386 wouldn't be needed in
> > > Depends (maybe Recommends instead).
> >
> > Or maybe this alternative...  Boinc checks to see if i386 libraries are
> > installed.  If they are, then try and download the i386 client binary.
> > libc6-i386 could then be just a "Suggests."

Why would one prefer the i386 binary over the amd64 one, in case both exist?

If the amd64 performs worse than the i386 one, then the project in question
shouldn't be distributing 64bit binaries in first place.

-- 
Robert Millan