On Saturday 21 Kislev 5772 17:45:49 debian-user-digest- requ...@lists.debian.org wrote: > > On Wednesday 18 Kislev 5772 16:04:23 David Baron wrote: > > > I have a 64-bit Intel CPU but have been gleefully running my 32-bit Sid > > > on it. > > > > > > > > > > > > Can one install the 64-bit kernel and upgrade other packages piecemeal > > > or must one do it all in one go? In other words: Will > > > all/most/some/none 32-bit programs work with it? > > > > > > > > > > > > (Has the new multiarch organization made this easier?) > > > > > > > > Repliers said emphatically NO, but ... > > It apparantly CAN be done! > > > > > > > > ~$ uname -a > > Linux dovidhalevi 3.2.0-rc4-amd64 #1 SMP Mon Dec 5 03:26:57 UTC 2011 > > x86_64 GNU/Linux > > ... > > I did install amd64-libs which also pulled lib64ncurses5 (sort of thought > > it would be needed, may not?) > > Strictly speaking you haven't actually done it yet. You have > installed a 64-bit kernel and some 64-bit libraries which are > installed off to the side of the main system libraries. That is a > special case way to run (some) 64-bit applications. It isn't a > complete system and is not the equivalent of a system installed as a > 64-bit system. It is somewhat of a step along the road to true > multiarch support. Useful. But special. > > The main issue is that eventually you will run into a program that > needs a library that you won't have installed on your system.
Obviously. Only the kernel and its modules are 64b. I might try a few 64-byte programs but everything else as well as other installed kernels are 32b. When the 64b kernel is off experimental and after having used it a while, then the choice needs be made, i.e. get rid of the 32 bit kernels and start installing real 64b packages. BTW, how do I instruct apt-get, etc., to do so? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201112171851.51712.d_ba...@012.net.il
