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

Marc F. Clemente marc at mclemente.net
Mon May 22 15:52:23 UTC 2006


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."

I do agree that it would be nice to have a packaged binary client for 
all (or most) architectures.  Seti is good.  Thanks, Frank :-)

Marc




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