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I hope Debian will drop x86_32 distro too, and finally will support 32-bit multiarch properly as a forced consequence. Cross-compiling 32-bit Mesa on 64-bit Deb
by shmerl 7y ago
I hope Debian will drop x86_32 distro too, and finally will support 32-bit multiarch properly as a forced consequence. Cross-compiling 32-bit Mesa on 64-bit Debian is a major pain, due to multiarch being incomplete, multilib not working and so on.
UPDATE: Looks like Ubuntu isn't dropping just the distro - they want to drop multiarch packages as well. That's already nasty.
- dima55 7y agoHuh? Can I get a pointer about Ubuntu dropping multiarch? As for Debian's multiarch, it's a work in progress like most things. If something doesn't work, please file a bug.
- shmerl 7y agoLooks like it. Check the article link, and these: > Q. Doesn’t Steam use 32 bit libraries? How can I play my games? > Q. How can I run 32-bit Windows applications if 32-bit WINE isn’t available in the archive? It means they are dropping 32-bit packages for good, not just the distro. I'm using GOG, not Steam. They don't commonly rely on bundled runtime. Proposed solutions with lxc and such are quite annoying. And it's not about 32-bit Wine, it's about WoW64 Wine requiring 32-bit libraries to run 32-bit stuff. Lot's of older games are 32-bit and will never be converted to 64-bit. If there is no 32-bit multiarch, how are we supposed to build 32-bit Mesa and dxvk / d9vk for example? And if we can't, everything will be stuck with outdated versions. It's a huge mess they are pushing for. I hope Debain won't do this horror if they can avoid it.
- Wowfunhappy 7y agoYeah, if I'm reading this right, I feel like everyone buried the lead here. Dropping support for 32 bit software is super sucky.