RE: 32-bit to 64-bit

2013-01-24 Thread Mark Allums
From: Sven Joachim [mailto:svenj...@gmx.de] > > On 2013-01-24 17:51 +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: > > > On 2013-01-24 16:58 +0100, Kelly Clowers wrote: > > >> On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 6:51 AM, Sven Joachim > > wrote: > > >>> I have crossgraded some packages in i386 chroots that way, but in the > > >>>

Re: 32-bit to 64-bit

2013-01-24 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2013-01-24 17:51 +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2013-01-24 16:58 +0100, Kelly Clowers wrote: > >> On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 6:51 AM, Sven Joachim wrote: >>> >>> I have crossgraded some packages in i386 chroots that way, but in the >>> current state of affairs I would definitely _not_ dare to tr

Re: 32-bit to 64-bit

2013-01-24 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2013-01-24 16:58 +0100, Kelly Clowers wrote: > On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 6:51 AM, Sven Joachim wrote: >> >> I have crossgraded some packages in i386 chroots that way, but in the >> current state of affairs I would definitely _not_ dare to try a full >> crossgrade on my main system with almost 20

Re: 32-bit to 64-bit

2013-01-24 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2013-01-24 16:58 +0100, Mark Allums wrote: > The third bit is the hard part. I am wondering if I should go from lucid to > precise first, or do the 32/64-bit trick first. Or is there a way to do > both at once? With dpkg from lucid or precise you're out of luck anyway. The former is not mult

Re: 32-bit to 64-bit

2013-01-24 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 7:58 AM, Mark Allums wrote: > > > The third bit is the hard part. I am wondering if I should go from lucid to > precise first, or do the 32/64-bit trick first. Or is there a way to do > both at once? If I package it into a virtual machine instance, first, then I > can snap

Re: 32-bit to 64-bit

2013-01-24 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 6:51 AM, Sven Joachim wrote: > > There are two problems with that: > > - Not all packages have been multiarchified, including some important > packages with many reverse dependencies like perl and python. > Crossgrading those will leave you with many broken packages, at

RE: 32-bit to 64-bit

2013-01-24 Thread Mark Allums
From: Sven Joachim [mailto:svenj...@gmx.de] > On 2013-01-24 14:51 +0100, Mark Allums wrote: > > > Can one do this? Not: Is this easy, but merely: Is this something that is > > feasible? > > > > I have a 32-bit system that I would like to migrate into 64-bitness within > > the same basic framework

Re: 32-bit to 64-bit

2013-01-24 Thread Gary Dale
On 24/01/13 09:51 AM, Sven Joachim wrote: On 2013-01-24 14:51 +0100, Mark Allums wrote: Can one do this? Not: Is this easy, but merely: Is this something that is feasible? I have a 32-bit system that I would like to migrate into 64-bitness within the same basic framework, within the same "ins

Re: 32-bit to 64-bit

2013-01-24 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2013-01-24 14:51 +0100, Mark Allums wrote: > Can one do this? Not: Is this easy, but merely: Is this something that is > feasible? > > I have a 32-bit system that I would like to migrate into 64-bitness within > the same basic framework, within the same "install". That is, can I go from > > 3

Re: 32-bit to 64-bit

2013-01-24 Thread Gary Dale
On 24/01/13 09:35 AM, Mark Allums wrote: From: Gary Dale [mailto:garyd...@rogers.com] I have a 32-bit system that I would like to migrate into 64-bitness within the same basic framework, within the same "install". That is, can I go from 32-bit kernel-arch + 32-bit userland => 64-bit kernel-

RE: 32-bit to 64-bit

2013-01-24 Thread Mark Allums
> From: Gary Dale [mailto:garyd...@rogers.com] > > I have a 32-bit system that I would like to migrate into 64-bitness within > > the same basic framework, within the same "install". That is, can I go from > > > > 32-bit kernel-arch + 32-bit userland => > > 64-bit kernel-arch + 32-bit userland =>

Re: 32-bit to 64-bit

2013-01-24 Thread Gary Dale
On 24/01/13 08:51 AM, Mark Allums wrote: Can one do this? Not: Is this easy, but merely: Is this something that is feasible? I have a 32-bit system that I would like to migrate into 64-bitness within the same basic framework, within the same "install". That is, can I go from 32-bit kernel-arc

Re: 32-bit to 64-bit

2013-01-24 Thread Darac Marjal
On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 07:51:19AM -0600, Mark Allums wrote: > Can one do this? Not: Is this easy, but merely: Is this something that is > feasible? > > I have a 32-bit system that I would like to migrate into 64-bitness within > the same basic framework, within the same "install". That is, can