Re: An introduction to multiarch

2009-07-28 Thread Bastian Blank
On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 03:48:24PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Steve Langasek writes: > > I don't think this configuration belongs to apt, I think it belongs to dpkg. > I disagree, at least to a degree. Me too. >qemu-powerpc (or whatever it would > be

Re: An introduction to multiarch

2009-07-28 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Steve Langasek writes: > Hi Goswin, > > On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 11:57:12PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: >> 4) Implementation (migration) > >> For most users activating multiarch would be a simple matter of >> putting > >> Apt::Architectures {"amd64"; "i386";}; > >> in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/mu

Re: An introduction to multiarch

2009-07-28 Thread Steve Langasek
Hi Goswin, On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 11:57:12PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > So I decided to write an introduction to the problem that focuses more > on the user side, why we want multiarch at all, what goals and > requirements are to be met and gives some pointers. Thanks for this. I'm no

Re: An introduction to multiarch

2009-07-26 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Hector Oron writes: > Hi, > > Thanks for the introduction. > > 2009/7/25 Goswin von Brederlow : >> after listening to the "Multiarch round table" talk at Debconf I feel >> that the talk was targeted at people already familiar with the subject >> and jumped right in at full speed. Someone new to t

Re: An introduction to multiarch

2009-07-26 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 11:57:12PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Hi, > > after listening to the "Multiarch round table" talk at Debconf I feel > that the talk was targeted at people already familiar with the subject > and jumped right in at full speed. Someone new to the idea was > probably

Re: An introduction to multiarch

2009-07-26 Thread Hector Oron
Hi, Thanks for the introduction. 2009/7/25 Goswin von Brederlow : > after listening to the "Multiarch round table" talk at Debconf I feel > that the talk was targeted at people already familiar with the subject > and jumped right in at full speed. Someone new to the idea was > probably lost in th