-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Joey Hess wrote: > Default User wrote: >> I am running Debian Etch-testing on an old i586 system with a 32-bit AMD >> K6-2 processor. Update Manager just did its daily check, showing 22 >> available updates. Among them was libc6-amd64, which the description >> states is a 64-bit library "meant for AMD64 systems". >> >> WTF ?!?! >> >> I have been trusting Update Manager to list only updates correct for my >> system, and although often not knowing whether particular updates were >> needed by my system, installed them all. Now it appears that my trust >> was misplaced, to say the least. > > libc6-amd64 is part of the base system (for no particularly good reason > but all it uses is some disk space), so you probably already had it > installed. >
There are a whole lot of 64-bit libraries with a standard install. Take a look at your /lib64 directory. Quite a few files... On my system they take up 2.8 megabytes of space. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/lib64$ du -BKB 2814kB . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF00kniXBCVWpc5J4RAg/jAKCeO/RU5SF0KcIwaUsNtoR6tlvzJwCguEOk ncv/zkYH8z4P0FnNwgKLtY0= =X5i/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
