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

[Mario J. Borgnia]

So, I guess I can't use synaptic either...

On Wed, 2004-07-14 at 12:07, Axel Thimm wrote:
> 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. :)