[Pkg-fglrx-devel] Bug#651775: Bug#651775: Fails to build for 64-bit kernel on i386

[Patrick Matthäi]

Am 19.11.2012 15:36, schrieb Ben Hutchings:
>>
>> We may have got different opionions about it, okay.
>>
>> The problem is not building fglrx on this combination (easy patchable),
>> but that it is working (from the closed source part of fglrx).
>> Since AMD also do not want to support it in any way it is the best to
>> not commit any patch that it is buildable on amd64/i386 mix, since users
>> just would get an non-working system.
>
> So they don't support running proprietary 32-bit binaries on a 64-bit
> distribution?  I bet they do.

You understand me wrong. They do not support a running 64bit Linux with 
32bit userland (Xorg, glx, dri, foo, bar, etc).

>
> The difference here is that the package manager considers i386 to be the
> primary, rather than secondary, userland architecture.  But for any
> individual piece of software this is irrelevant; it's only important
> that the right libraries are installed.

No that isn't as easy as multiarch.
But if you think it is I welcome patches. But please also test them on a 
physical PC, since patching fglrx so that it builds fine on this 
combination is easy, running it *will not* work and AMD *will never* 
support this combination (like myself).

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