]] Stefano Zacchiroli | On Sun, Jul 05, 2009 at 01:26:23PM +0200, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: | > ]] Yannick | > | > | For instance, I wanted to test Firefox 3.5 in 32bits on my amd64 | > | Debian (64bit Firefox 3.5 does not have the new tracemonkey javascript | > | engine). With ia32-apt-get, I could install the 32bit version of my | > | GTK theme engine so that Firefox can look good. | > | > You could just use a chroot. It's not that hard. | | Oh come on, this is really a non-argument. Here we are trying to build | a system that can be used by random users, not developers (like | probably all of the people reading this thread) with half dozen | entries in their schroot.conf.
No, I don't think so. Coming up with random maybe-somewhat-working solutions to cross-installing packages will only take a proper solution take more time to get implemented, since people will be less interested in fixing the problem once their pet problem goes away. | Not arguing about the merits of the specific implementation of | ia32-apt-get, the approach had the advantage that a, say, synaptic | user can use it. A chroot does not enjoy that good property. unless it broke apt completely, requiring more hand-holding than constructing a chroot, you mean? -- Tollef Fog Heen UNIX is user friendly, it's just picky about who its friends are -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
