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

Robert Millan rmh at aybabtu.com
Tue May 23 14:12:08 UTC 2006


On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 03:55:36PM +0200, Frank S. Thomas wrote:
> 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.

Ah, ok.  Sounds fine then.

-- 
Robert Millan




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