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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] combining x86 and amd64
Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 17:51:06
Message-Id: 200509011347.11792.vapier@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] combining x86 and amd64 by "Stephen P. Becker"
1 On Thursday 01 September 2005 01:39 pm, Stephen P. Becker wrote:
2 > > There are too many packages that works *just* on x86, both at source and
3 > > binary level.
4 >
5 > Doesn't the amd64 team have a set of 32-bit compat libs just to run
6 > binary packages? When running 32-bit code, isn't amd64 basically just a
7 > glorified athlon-xp?
8
9 yes, assuming user wants that ... not everyone wants multilib crap on their
10 machine ... i know i'd prefer to have a 100% non-multilib system if i could
11 get away with it
12 -mike
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Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-dev] combining x86 and amd64 "Stephen P. Becker" <geoman@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] combining x86 and amd64 Luis Medinas <metalgod@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] combining x86 and amd64 Danny van Dyk <kugelfang@g.o>