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For one thing, lack of demand. Linux distributions can relatively easily ship different packages for different architectures, and doing so is more space-efficie
by JoshTriplett 6y ago
For one thing, lack of demand. Linux distributions can relatively easily ship different packages for different architectures, and doing so is more space-efficient. It seems to me like shipping multiple binaries within a package is mostly useful for the distribution of proprietary software, and even in that case, it isn't that hard to ship two binaries and a shell script.
- PrinceKropotkin 6y agoHow does linux negotiate which arch's binary is loaded? I know plan9 had arch-specific object paths bound at boot time to PATH. How do you, say, boot multiple arches off the same root NFS share?