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

[Frank S. Thomas]

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."

I'll happily accept patches for both proposals, of course. However, amd64 
isn't a niche arch and therefore should be supported by all major BOINC 
proejcts, IMHO. Robert, did you asked on the CPDN forum for amd64 binaries?

> 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, did you tried to compile the boinc-app-seti package on your amd64? I'm 
curious if it compiles on amd64 without errors.

Grüße,
Frank
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