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

[Robert Millan]

On Fri, May 12, 2006 at 09:31:52AM -0500, Marc F. Clemente wrote:
> Robert Millan wrote:
> >TTBOMK, no boinc projects are providing core binaries for amd64.  So our 
> >only
> >hope of making this package useful on that platform is requesting i686 ones
> >instead.  Patch attached.
> 
> I disagree.  I run a 64 bit Seti client on my amd64.  I think that's 
> useful enough.  The 64 bit client for Seti is available from a third 
> party, or it can be compiled form source.  The client is not downloaded 
> automatically because seti does not distribute a pre-compiled 64 bit client.
> 
> Nonetheless, my amd64 is not a i386.  I do not run 32 bit programs, I do 
> not have 32 bit libraries, and I don't want them.  I definitely do not 
> want boinc-client to depend on 32 bit libraries.

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).

-- 
Robert Millan