x86-64 distros need to support 32-bit

x86-64 distros need to support 32-bit

Posted Jun 13, 2004 12:11 UTC (Sun) by sveinrn (subscriber, #2827)
In reply to: x86-64 distros need to support 32-bit by JoeBuck
Parent article: Debian x86_64 port ready

>Unfortunately, the shipping distros for x86-64, from SuSE and Red Hat,
are mixed 32/64 bit,

I am using Redhat on my AMD64, and it is possible to install and run
without a single 32-bit package. So I see it as a pure 64-bit version. It
is also possible to install 32-bit versions of some of the libraries to
be able to install and run binary packages or compile applications that
won't compile in a 64-bit environment (like OpenOffice, which is included
as a 32-bit package). And I must admit I have problems understanding why
this should be a bad thing...

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