I use Sid, and have been interested in the appearance of the new
ia32-apt-get facility.
I see that ia32-apt-get has its own configuration files in
/etc/ia32-apt
After reading /usr/share/doc/ia32-apt-get/README.Debian, I'm a bit
confused on how this new system works
1) The README.Debian file seems to indicate that updating should be
performed using ordinary commands such as
apt-get update
or
aptitude update
However, 'dpkg -L ia32-apt-get' indicates that new wrappers are
provided, 'ia32-apt-get' and 'ia32-aptitude', which makes it seem like
updating should be done with those wrappers instead, like this:
ia32-apt-get update
or
ia32-aptitude update
2) When the new packages were first installed, my understanding was
that commands like 'aptitude' and 'apt-get' had been diverted, and
running them would actually run the corresponding 'ia32-apt*' wrapper
instead. Reading NEWS.Debian.gz in /usr/share/doc/ia32-apt-get now
seems to indicate that the diversion scheme has been dropped.
That raises many questions:
Should users be using 'aptitude', or 'ia32-aptitude', or both?
Should repository servers be listed in
/etc/apt/sources.list
and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*.list
or should they be in
/etc/ia32-apt/sources.list
and /etc/ia32-apt/sources.list.d/*.list?
3) Do the 'ia32-apt*' wrappers keep their own database file for
installed packages, or do they share the same database with the primary
APT system. For example, I have noticed that 'aptitude' still correctly
shows my automatic dependencies, but running 'ia32-aptitude' indicates
that none of my installed packages are marked as automatic dependencies.
If someone could clear up the confusion for me, I would really
appreciate it.
Thanks,
Dave W.
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