[Vmware-package-maintainers] Bug#433882: Bug#433882: vmware-package: Documentation for quirks under AMD64 arch

[Robert Edmonds]

James Healy wrote:
> Sorry for all these bugs with no patches, python isn't my forte :)

Well, the whole thing isn't implemented in Python.

> We've been attempting to use make-vmpkg on an AMD64 system, and obviously
> the VMWare binaries are 32-bit. We know it's possible to get it running
> regardless if we install manually, but it would be useful to see a
> section of /usr/share/doc/vmware-package/README.Debian that discusses
> any potential issues when using make-vmpkg under AMD64.

> First up - is it even possible at this stage? At the very least I'm
> asuming the generated packages will need a dependency on ia32-libs?

Correct -- the generated packages do contain 32 bit binaries (on both
i386 and amd64) but have a "Recommends: ia32-libs | libc6-686" line.
I'll get this upgraded to a Depends for amd64, since the binaries simply
don't work on amd64 without ia32-libs installed.

-- 
Robert Edmonds
edmonds at debian.org
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