Stephen Frost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> * Goswin von Brederlow ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>> There is no and never will be a transition plan from i386 to
>> amd64. That is just not possible. You can't replace dpkg since then it
>> lacks its libc and you can't replace libc since then dpkg lacks the
>> old one. And so on for every other essential package.
>
> Eh, you might still be able to make it work. I'm not convinced this
> will be all that much of a problem unless you try to do a full-blown
> move to one from the other, that might be difficult and complex. If all
> you want to do is add the ability to run the other arch on top of
> whatever you've got, that might not be all *that* bad.
That would be multiarch.
Its possible without multiarch with special transitional debs but
building and maintaining them is wasted time better spend on
multiarch itself.
>> The only possible transition is from arch X to multiarch which is for
>> sarge+1 earliest.
>
> Well, maybe you already agree.. I'm talking about from blah to
> multiarch, of course.
>
> Stephen
Then we agree.
MfG
Goswin
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