On Wednesday 17 May 2006 08:26, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
On Wed, 2006-05-17 at 00:14 -0400, Bob S wrote:
No, you are mostly correct, but you get the 32 bit versions on the i386 / i586 sources list, and the 64 bit version on the x86_64 sources list. And since I am running x86_64 and use that sources list I get the 64 bit version.
I'm confused.
I thought if you were running SuSE Linux x86-64, you could have it use a 32-bit browser, plug-in and stack without much fuss? Am I incorrect? I thought I saw them on the x86-64 CDs.
Wellll... Yes, you can run 32 bit apps on 64 bit as you well know, but that depends on your definition of fuss. And now I am confused. As far as I know there are only x86_64 apps on the x86-64 discs and/or repositories. Are you saying there is a "mix" of some 32 bit apps on the x86-64 discs or repositories, like a 32 bit Firefox in the 64 bit "category"?? I have not seen that. God knows, I may be wrong though. Wouldn't be the first time.
If I'm incorrect, then there's really no need to leave Fedora Core/Extras/Livna. That's my primary complaint right now with Fedora Core -- that I have to manually load a 32-bit Firefox, plug-in and multimedia stack.
Suppose I could just take the mozilla repository out of the 64 bit source list but then I would have to check manually, and download and install the 32 bit version that way. But that kind of defeats the purpose of automatic upgrading with apt.
What about using YaST? Doesn't it let you select between loading select 32-bit programs/plug-ins/libraries on x86-64?
Hmmm.... possibly....just don't know. As I stated before, I just don't trust Yast yet and don't use it. Might be a good question for the list. Yast (YOU) has introduced some pretty wild problems before for me in the past and when brought up, the reply is usually "Oh Yeah", but that is fixed now. Well...great, but I didn't need that problem in the first place. That is why I stick with apt. Never any problems. Is it flexible enough to upgrade both 32 & 64 bit apps on a "mixed" basis?? Possibly. Haven't worked that hard at trying to do it. Bob S.