On Monday, July 23, 2012 11:53:39 AM UTC-4, Keshav Kini wrote: > > tvn <[email protected]> writes: > > That's what I mean: my Debian OS is *NOT* 64 bit -- uname -a *DOES > > NOT* tell you about the OS but rather the capability of the machine > > hardware. If the build script makes the same assumption and attempts > > to build 64 bit packages based on uname's out then this should be a > > bug -- as shown in my situation. > > `uname` output tells you about the target architecture the kernel was > built for, not the capability of the machine hardware. It looks to me > like you're running a 32-bit userland on top of a 64-bit kernel (from > what little I know of such things). That is an unusual situation afaik > and I wouldn't be surprised if Sage is buggy on such systems... > > I don't think my situation is unusual as many people run 32 bit OS on 64 capable hardware because many legacy software are 32 bit. In fact, I didn't even have to do any special configuration: just grab the 32 bit Debian installation and install it directly on this machine. Moreover, I think the "recommended" Ubuntu version on its download page is 32 bit - regardless if your machine is capable of 64 bit or not.
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