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Re: Can I remove i386 packages?

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On 2021-01-23 15:47:09 +0100, steve wrote:
> # apt-get purge ".*:i386"
> WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed.
> This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing!
>   libgcc-s1:i386 gcc-10-base:i386 (due to libgcc-s1:i386) libc6:i386 (due to libgcc-s1:i386)
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 17 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> After this operation, 22.0 MB disk space will be freed.
> You are about to do something potentially harmful.
> To continue type in the phrase 'Yes, do as I say!'
> 
> 
> Pretty scary message… but since I know I have the amd64 versions, I
> typed the phrase and the system still works  ;)

This is strange that you got this message. On my amd64 machine
with i386 as a foreign architecture (and libc6:i386 installed
in particular), I do not get this message.

Note that i386 packages are useful if you use i386 executables.

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Can I remove i386 packages? steve <dlist@bluewin.ch> - 2021-01-23 09:20 +0100
  Re: Can I remove i386 packages? Georgi Naplatanov <gosho@oles.biz> - 2021-01-23 10:00 +0100
  Re: Can I remove i386 packages? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-01-23 10:00 +0100
    Re: Can I remove i386 packages? steve <dlist@bluewin.ch> - 2021-01-23 15:50 +0100
      Re: Can I remove i386 packages? Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2021-01-23 16:50 +0100
      Re: Can I remove i386 packages? Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> - 2021-01-23 17:50 +0100

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