On Feb 23, 2012, at 1:43 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: >> That's because you're running i386 arch. I was on an amd64 machine. > > That makes a large difference! > > Out of curiosity, what are you using libc6-i386 for on your amd64 > machine?
To run 32-bit apps. When I need to build a 32-bit app I just switch to a 32-bit machine or VM. I've had to support several 32-bit apps in the past and present including: skype acrobat reader adobe flash player (and a handful of other more custom apps) Usually the "quick and dirty" solution is just enough to get these apps running on an amd64 machine. Fortunately a lot of these apps have moved to 64-bit architecture, so the "quick and dirty" solution is less useful; just when Debian is finally capable of doing things right. However I have a feeling multi-arch will be useful in the future. I plan to revisit this when it's time to upgrade to wheezy stable. -Chris -- 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/e11b8fae-5673-4faf-ba8b-18c87e9ad...@salk.edu
