From: Tony H. <h...@re...> - 2006-02-20 16:11:58
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In <43F...@ha...>, Ken Hayber wrote: > Tony Houghton wrote: > >In <883...@ma...>, Michel Salim wrote: > > > >>Looking forward to it. Thanks for the response .. correct me wrong, > >>but it looks like the easy solution would be to assume that x86_64 > >>users have 32-bit compatibility libraries installed (either chroot-ed > >>for Debian/Ubuntu users or multilib) and assume it's a valid > >>architecture? > > > >I disagree. I don't think Debian/Ubuntu has adequate support in what > >passes for its multilib, and I think without ROX-Filer and/or > >ROX-Session being partially rewritten to support a chroot explicitly, > >that would constrain the entire desktop to running in the chroot. > > I pretty much agree. With me or Michael? > I think a hierarchy (fallback from 64 to 32 bit) would be a better > choice. Or a manual orverride of some kind. Yes, if the user can control whether ix86 is acceptable for x86_64 or ppc is acceptable for ppc64, that should work. -- TH * http://www.realh.co.uk |