On Saturday 11 June 2005 11:56, Chris McDonough wrote:
On Fri, 2005-06-10 at 21:29 -0500, Chris Adams wrote:
> That's not what multilib means. It means the ability to take into
> account 32 and 64 bit libs and apps, and properly satisfy
> dependencies as appropriate. For example, if on a 64 bit arch I
> want to install a 32 bit app, the package management tool has to
> know that if the app requires libabc, it needs to find a 32 bit
> libabc to satisfy the dep (whether or not the 64 bit libabc is
> install or available has no relevance).
Gotcha. Thanks, I understand now. Maybe somebody with a 64-bit
machine can try it out and let us know for sure?
Or, you could ask gustavo:
smart(a)linux-mandrake.com
I've already forwarded a part of the thread over there.
take care,
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-jeff