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

[Frank S. Thomas]

On Tuesday 23 May 2006 14:57, Robert Millan 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?

I think Marc meant that the client should only try to download the i386 binary 
if the project does not distribute amd64 ones. It's like your proposal plus 
the additional check for the libc6-i386 package.

Grüße,
Frank