Hi, I've recently adopted a package (nyquist) that only builds in 32-bit mode. I'm struggling with supporting it on amd64 and other 64-bit architectures in Debian.
First: yes, clearly the code should be migrated to 64-bits. Upstream is aware of that and it's a nontrivial effort. I'm interested in supporting the package as it exists today. The solution adopted at present is that upstream packages 3 required libraries (libsndfile, liblo, and portaudio) which are all built in 32-bit mode. This generates a working binary, but is sub-optimal for all the usual reasons: we don't benefit from fixes and upgrades. I'd like to link to the Debian-provided libsndfile, but of course it is 64-bit on my amd64 machine and the link fails. What is the recommended course of action for such a package? I just learned about the ia32-libs package. It doesn't contain the libraries I need (yet) but I imagine it may be possible to add them. Is there an equivalent package for other 64-bit architectures? Thanks, -Steve
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