Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!news.shlink.de!news.iphh.net!iphh.net!news.osn.de!diablo2.news.osn.de!195.114.241.69.MISMATCH!feeder.news-service.com!feeder.news-service.com!94.75.214.39.MISMATCH!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: forthrightly@no-email.com Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: Re: [off-topic] 32-bit libs [Was: SwiftForth Linux eval is 32 bit only!] Date: Thu, 5 May 2011 14:38:07 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 36 Message-ID: References: <13879995-ef2d-4e00-a6bb-6742cdedf4ae@s41g2000prb.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: +WPaf99SihO7MMrlVUUdlg.user.speranza.aioe.org X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.forth:1788 On 2011-05-05, Andrew Haley wrote: > forthrightly@no-email.com wrote: >> On 2011-05-05, Andrew Haley wrote: >>> Interesting. I can't imagine any circumstances in which I'd want all >>> the 32-bit libraries installed by default -- there's an awful lot of >>> them. There's nothing to stop you doing it yourself at install >>> time by installing all the *i686* libraries from the DVD using RPM. >> >> I agree with what you said. In fact I don't want any of the 32 bit >> libs on my systems and I've many friends who agree with that. I feel >> multilib Linux is just an upgrade mechanism from the days when apps >> wouldn't build in 64 bit mode. Now that's mostly over and if you're >> running newish hardware there isn't any reason (besides Acroread and >> Skype) to run 32 bit at all. It really keeps down the bloat. > > Sure, but if you're using this stuff, why do you care? Using what stuff? I abandoned Acroread and Skype when I installed my first pure 64 a few years ago. > For SwiftForth it's not necessary to install much more than 32-bit glibc. First I've heard of it. > If you don't want even to do that, I think it's fair to accuse you of > being petty. You're out of line Andrew. Why is your business what I do? > Equally, I don't understand why Krishna would want to install every 32-bit > library. Surely the happy medium is somewhere in-between. For you perhaps it is. Each of us is certainly entitled to run as he likes without being insulted. Harry