Hi,

Why does the 64-bit .deb for DMD depend on gcc-multilib? This makes no immediate sense to me, and is rather annoying.

Can anyone shed some light on this?

Regards,
Alex

Never mind. It is of course because DMD can build 32-bit programs on 64-bit and vice versa. It just struck me as odd initially. Still, it's a bit annoying having to pull in gcc-multilib if you just want to build 64-bit programs...

Regards,
Alex

On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 6:46 PM, Alex <xtzgzorex at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Why does the 64-bit .deb for DMD depend on gcc-multilib? This makes no immediate sense to me, and is rather annoying.
>
> Can anyone shed some light on this?
>
> Regards,
> Alex

Alex, el 10 de febrero a las 19:03 me escribiste:
> Never mind. It is of course because DMD can build 32-bit programs on 64-bit and vice versa. It just struck me as odd initially. Still, it's a bit annoying having to pull in gcc-multilib if you just want to build 64-bit programs...

Maybe it should recommend gcc-multilib instead of requiring it.

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I would say that's a good idea. It's a bit of a weird requirement if the system you wish to install on is pure 64-bit.

Regards,
Alex

On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 10:52 PM, Leandro Lucarella <luca at llucax.com.ar> wrote:
> Alex, el 10 de febrero a las 19:03 me escribiste:
>> Never mind. It is of course because DMD can build 32-bit programs on 64-bit and vice versa. It just struck me as odd initially. Still, it's a bit annoying having to pull in gcc-multilib if you just want to build 64-bit programs...
>
> Maybe it should recommend gcc-multilib instead of requiring it.
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It shouldn't require it, and looks like GCC only suggests it, which makes sense.

On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 2:00 PM, Alex <xtzgzorex at gmail.com> wrote:
> I would say that's a good idea. It's a bit of a weird requirement if the system you wish to install on is pure 64-bit.
>
> Regards,
> Alex
>
> On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 10:52 PM, Leandro Lucarella <luca at llucax.com.ar> wrote:
>> Alex, el 10 de febrero a las 19:03 me escribiste:
>>> Never mind. It is of course because DMD can build 32-bit programs on 64-bit and vice versa. It just struck me as odd initially. Still, it's a bit annoying having to pull in gcc-multilib if you just want to build 64-bit programs...
>>
>> Maybe it should recommend gcc-multilib instead of requiring it.