On Fri, Dec 04, 2015 at 08:31:39PM +0100, Linux User #330250 wrote: > Running 32-bit vs. 64-bit on powerpc makes me wonder… Is there a > multilib version of Debian powerpc?
Well there are packages like lib64readline5 and libc6-ppc64 which provide 64 bit libraries as part of 32bit debian powerpc. And of course 64bit kernels are provided too. > I've been running Gentoo and Debian on my Power Mac G4 and G5. To me, > the problem seemed to be that I could not run selected programs 64-bit > (as suggested), because that would have meant to go for something > similar to x86+amd64 multilib on powerpc/ppc64 – something a regular > user is certainly unable to pull out of the hat. Well some of it is there. Of course with jessie, using multiarch and installing selected packages from ppc64 onto a powerpc system should work fine (except with binNMUs screw up a package from being multiarch installable). > Even chrooting into a 64-bit (or 32-bit) environment is a huge task for > a regular user. (I compiled my own kernels and tried chroot, but in the > end running pure ppc64 or pure ppc on Gentoo was the painless way of > doing things, naturally except for the kernel.) > > I still have my Power Macs. > Going multilib would be great on powerpc! > As would be out-of-the-box x86 emulation for binary-only programs. > (qemu-user) -- Len Sorensen
