[ATrpms-users] No apt for biarch systems (was: Failed installation of atrpms-kickstart on brand new install of FC2_AMD64)

[Axel Thimm]

On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 11:57:29AM -0400, Mario J. Borgnia wrote:
> I was puzzled by the fact that apt-get installed through
> atrpms-kickstart was trying to remove THE WHOLE SYSTEM. So I decided to
> start from scratch. I re-installed FC2_AMD64 and right after
> installation I downloaded the package and tried:

Sorry, apt does not work on biarch systems resulting in funny
suggestions. If you have a pure x86_64 system, e.g. no compatibility
libs it would work, but unfortunatley grub itself is i386 and not only
that, it requires presence of the i386 glibc (because grub has been
dynamically linked).

Debian solved this by linking grub statically, and created a non-biarch
x86_64 port.

Bottom line is: Don't use apt ob FC2/x86_64 until it becomes biarch
aware. You can use yum or up2date. Same for RHEL/x86_64, I guess.

I hope apt-rpm gets biarch soon, I have copied the apt-rpm list. :)
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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