On Lu, 10 dec 12, 18:41:57, Brad Rogers wrote: > > FYI, Skype is now available as a multiarch package, v4.1.0.20.
Could you please tell me what makes it a multiarch package? $ dpkg-deb -I debs/skype-debian_4.1.0.20-1_i386.deb new debian package, version 2.0. size 30688192 bytes: control archive=4629 bytes. 32 bytes, 1 lines conffiles 1079 bytes, 20 lines control 9835 bytes, 137 lines md5sums Package: skype Version: 4.1.0.20-1 Section: non-free/net Priority: extra Architecture: i386 Depends: libasound2 (>= 1.0.16), libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6~), libc6 (>= 2.7), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libqt4-dbus (>= 4:4.5.3), libqt4-network (>= 4:4.8.0), libqt4-xml (>= 4:4.5.3), libqtcore4 (>= 4:4.7.0~beta1), libqtgui4 (>= 4:4.8.0), libqtwebkit4 (>= 2.1.0~2011week13), libstdc++6 (>= 4.6), libx11-6, libxext6, libxss1, libxv1, libssl1.0.0 Conflicts: skype-mid, skype-common, skype-bin Replaces: skype-mid, skype-common, skype-bin Installed-Size: 35952 Maintainer: Skype Technologies <i...@skype.net> Description: Wherever you are, wherever they are Skype keeps you together. Call, see, message and share with others. * It's free to download and join. * Call, instant message and send photos and documents to anyone else on Skype. * And with a webcam you can catch up face-to-face with a video call. * Call mobiles and landlines worldwide at low rates. * Easily text message anywhere in the world. * Get your friends together on a conference call. . And that's just the start... As far as I can tell this is a plain i386 packages. Besides (haven't read the multiarch specification), I don't think applications need any conversion. One just needs to activate the proper architecture(s) and then let the package managers do their job. Kind regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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