On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 03:55:36PM +0200, Frank S. Thomas wrote: > On Tuesday 23 May 2006 14:57, Robert Millan wrote: > > > On Monday 22 May 2006 17:52, Marc F. Clemente wrote: > > > > Robert Millan wrote: > > > > > Then I think the right fix would be to attempt a download of > > > > > x86_64-pc-linux-gnu binary, and if that fails fallback to > > > > > i386-pc-linux-gnu. In that situation libc6-i386 wouldn't be needed > > > > > in Depends (maybe Recommends instead). > > > > > > > > Or maybe this alternative... Boinc checks to see if i386 libraries are > > > > installed. If they are, then try and download the i386 client binary. > > > > libc6-i386 could then be just a "Suggests." > > > > Why would one prefer the i386 binary over the amd64 one, in case both > > exist? > > I think Marc meant that the client should only try to download the i386 > binary > if the project does not distribute amd64 ones. It's like your proposal plus > the additional check for the libc6-i386 package.
Ah, ok. Sounds fine then. -- Robert Millan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
