On 2009-07-20 14:52 +0200, David Fox wrote: > On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 5:24 AM, Ron Johnson<ron.l.john...@cox.net> wrote: >> >> But why the opposite, like lib64bz2-1.0 in the i386 repository? > > Maybe just for the converse reason, running amd64 binaries on a mostly > 32-bit userland setup. I guess this would work with a 32-bit kernel.
Not a chance, a 64-bit kernel is required to run any 64-bit binary. > For much the same reason, some libraries are compiled to take better > advantage of 32-bit hardware than building them as if they were only a > 386 or 486, for extra speed. libbz2 would likely qualify for special > treatment like that, because it's compute-bound. Might be true, but there is no program in Debian that links against this 64-bit library on i386. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
