SELF: Anatomy of an (alleged) failure
SELF: Anatomy of an (alleged) failure
Posted Jun 26, 2010 18:13 UTC (Sat) by tzafrir (subscriber, #11501)In reply to: SELF: Anatomy of an (alleged) failure by vonbrand
Parent article: SELF: Anatomy of an (alleged) failure
So which package includes /usr/bin/hello ? The i386 one? The amd64 one? The i686-with-uclibc one? The armel (v4) one?
Posted Jun 27, 2010 11:59 UTC (Sun)
by tialaramex (subscriber, #21167)
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This stuff has all been working and in everyday use for some time.
SELF: Anatomy of an (alleged) failure
All of them, the package management software is aware of your preferred architecture and will install that package. Packages which provide dependencies (e.g. a library) can be multiply installed, so that both the 32-bit and 64-bit library are installed, each from its own package.