CentOS - Mar 2008 - 32bit support in 64bit environment (CentOS and Debian)

Hi,

I was just searching the web for some information on 32bit support in 64bit
environment and was able
to find couple pages about Debian and CentOS. However, I couldn't find any
comparison between them.
If anyone knows the differences (e.g. which one is easier to set up and
maintain) or could point me
out to some useful sites, please help. Or if you think there's no
difference, please explain.

Regards,

Daniel

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On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 5:05 AM, Daniel <andrzeje at cs.utk.edu>
wrote:
>
>  I was just searching the web for some information on 32bit support in
64bit environment and was able
>  to find couple pages about Debian and CentOS. However, I couldn't find
any comparison between them.
>  If anyone knows the differences (e.g. which one is easier to set up and
maintain) or could point me
>  out to some useful sites, please help. Or if you think there's no
difference, please explain.
Hi,

I don't know how Debian does it. But this is how CentOS does it.
Basically all libraries are available in 32 and 64 bit versions and
the 64 bit kernel used als allows 32 bit code to be executed. So this
means that when the correct libraries are installed any 32 bit
application will just work. Now then there is the yum package
management tool in CentOS. If you install a 32 bit application using
yum, yum will see what 32 bit libraries are needed and install them
together with the application.

So if you use the tools provided by CentOS there is nothing special
that needs to be done. The system will sort it out itself.

Regards,
Tim

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