[Mageia-dev] 32bits i586 still useful in x86_64 ?

[Maarten Vanraes]

Op zondag 15 januari 2012 17:38:08 schreef Pierre Jarillon:
> After an install of a x86_64 Mageia, open harddrake2 (in MCC).
> Then a pop-up asks.
> 
> The following packages need to be installed:
> nspluginwrapper, libalsa-plugins-pulseaudio
> 
> I the anwer is Yes, a great bunch of i586 rpm's are installed.
> 
> Either, they are needed (work well without) and the question is no more
> necessary, either these packages must be installed during the original
> installation.

yes, noarch packages are in i586 and some programs still use 32bit stuff

like: wine

it's designed to use 32bit windows apps, thus needing 32bit libraries and stuff

and nspluginwrapper (but that may become unnecessary next release)