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Re: Going back to 32 bit from 64 bit



 Ubuntu does 32-bit on 64-bit just fine.  My criticism was specific to 
firefox32 not being in the ubuntu64 repos... 


On 10/16/07, Jerry Feldman <[hidden email]> wrote: 
> On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:25:59 -0400 
> "Kristian Erik Hermansen" <[hidden email]> wrote: 
> 
> > I think you are mistaken.  I have built plenty of both 32-bit and 
> > 64-bit binaries on Ubuntu.  They offer both lib32 and lib64 
> > directories.  Again, there is no need for a chroot... 
> 
> Take a look at some of the forums: 
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-meta/+bug/110197
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=24575
> 
> So far, I have not found an application that would force me to use the 
> chroot hack. Maybe Martin can comment on this since he is our official 
> Ubuntu representative. 
> 
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