Re: A Linux for the totally maintenance free

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On 10/24/14 17:02, Ian Malone wrote:
> On 23 October 2014 22:40, Michael Cronenworth <mike@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On 10/23/2014 12:40 PM, Fred Smith wrote:
>>> but there are (some) 686 libs for those common 32-bit apps that need 'em.
>>> Look at "yum list available | less" then search for "[356]86".
>>
>> There is a barebones set of 32-bit binary libraries. No development
>> packages. Calling this an environment is dubious. Installing RHEL and
>> expecting any 32-bit app to run will leave you disappointed.
>>
> Can someone point me to where the set of libraries is listed or
> described to be 'barebones', otherwise it sounds like the same
> situation for running a 64 bit RHEL 6 or Fedora and using 32bit apps,
> which I already do in quite a lot of cases. (This is not rhetorical
> sarcasm, I really would like to know for exactly that reason.)
>

FWIW, I have never had a problem with running 32-bit applications, on a 64 bit installs, which have been packaged correctly as they all have as dependencies the 32-bit libraries. 

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