ia32libs in gtk+2.0

Goswin von Brederlow goswin-v-b at web.de
Sat May 18 12:38:15 UTC 2013


On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 01:18:33PM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote:
> Hi Goswin,
> 
> while looking through the patches in gtk+2.0, I wondered if we still
> need 041_ia32-libs.patch [1].
> 
> gtk+2.0 has been converted to multi-arch quite some time ago, so im
> modules and pixbuf loaders should just work now and I thought we can
> simply drop this patch.
> But in the patch, you are also using arch-qualified gtkrc config files
> and I couldn't explain, why that was needed originally and if it is
> still needed today.
> 
> Since you are the original bug submitter, maybe you can shed some light
> on this issue.
> 
> Michae.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> [1]
> http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/pkg-gnome/desktop/unstable/gtk%2B2.0/debian/patches/041_ia32-libs.patch?view=markup
> [2] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=406453

I think so too. That code has changed quite a lot since that patch.
The loaders file has been moved from /etc to /usr/lib and then to
/usr/lib/triplet and been renamed to loaders.cache.

So no objections to removing the patch from my side.

MfG
	Goswin



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