On Thu, 5 Jan 2017 16:42:25 +0000 Tom Hughes <tom@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 05/01/17 16:38, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: > > Lo! On 05.01.2017 17:03, Stephen Gallagher wrote: > >> [...] > >> ## Advantages > >> > >> * Simplification of build-tree creation. We wouldn't have to > >> maintain the lists and hacks that are required to make sure that > >> multilib packages land in the correct repositories. > >> [...] > > > > Just wondering: Why don't we switch to a multilib/multiarch solution > > similar to the one that Debian/Ubuntu uses? They put libs in > > directories like /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu > > and /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu > > (https://wiki.debian.org/Multiarch/Implementation > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MultiarchSpec ). If we'd switch to a > > similar solution a new (de facto) standard might evolve and in the > > end nobody would have to deal with hacks any more, because all > > major distros would put libs in the same directories. Iirc their > > model has benefits for cross-compilation, too. > > That's exactly what I thought was about to be proposed when I saw the > subject of the email and I got excited for about 30 seconds until I > read the body ;-) couldn't you add on a pure 64-bit system a pure 32-bit repo (with lower priority) and wouldn't things still work? Dan _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
