> On 2009-07-20 09:19, Sven Joachim wrote: >> 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.
On 20.07.09 11:11, Ron Johnson wrote: > So if you're running a 64-bit kernel with 32-bit userland, it would > theoretically be useful. But there's no "bzip2-64" in the i386 repos. bzip2 is linked with libbz2, it's quite possible that kernel select those 64bit libraries in order to give apps a speed benefit when running 64bit kernel -- Matus UHLAR - fantomas, uh...@fantomas.sk ; http://www.fantomas.sk/ Warning: I wish NOT to receive e-mail advertising to this address. Varovanie: na tuto adresu chcem NEDOSTAVAT akukolvek reklamnu postu. We are but packets in the Internet of life (userfriendly.org) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
