On 7/9/07, Jarod Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I find the use of 'amd64' for package arch in debian/ubuntu/derivatives... > well, dumb and confusing for end-users who don't know any better (as > evidenced by the existence of this thread). > I presume Debian jumped on building 64-bit packages for the AMD64 architecture > before Intel announced their 64-bit x86-compatible chips, and decided to call > the packages amd64. The lack of planning and foresight there is amusing. > Unless of course its an intentional F-U to Intel... In which case, its > amusing in a different way, but still stupid if you care about end-users. > (Nb: Red Hat and SUSE generally use x86_64 as the arch for AMD64 and EM64T > alike)
amd64 was the original name of the kernel arch for AMD chips, which is why others inherited this naming convention. -- -- Thomas _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
