> What I'm trying to say is that ia32-libs and ia32-libs-gtk probably > contain all of those libraries. > > If you want to keep your system light you should probably install the > real 32-bit skype (not the pseudo-amd64 one), because that package will > depend only on the 32-bit libraries it really needs. > > Kind regards, > Andrei
Hi all! What I do not understand: Why does skype want to install lots of new 32-bit libs, when the package (and this is the 32-bit one) already can use either ia32-libs and ia32-libs-gtk (which are also used by other applications). I suggest this solution: Packages should be built in that way, that they can use either ia32-libs and ia32-libs-gtk or the libs from multiarch:i386. If that is working, then step by step ia32-libs may be made thinned out from double libs, until ia32-libs are no more necessary at all. At that point the package ia32-libs can be deleted. On the other hand, it should be made sure, that 32-bit applications should be able to use 64-bit libs as much as possible. 32-bit is dying! And in the next years, it will not be used any more. Greets Hans -- 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/201210211300.00605.hans.ullr...@loop.de
