Re: mythtv-dmo multi-arch (for cross-grade i386->amd64)

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Author: Ian Campbell
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Subject: Re: mythtv-dmo multi-arch (for cross-grade i386->amd64)
On Sun, 2017-10-01 at 15:19 +0200, Christian Marillat wrote:
> On 01 oct. 2017 12:12, Ian Campbell <ijc@???> wrote:
>
> > Hi Christian,
>
> Hi Ian,
>
> > My current mythtv system is i386 but well capable of running amd64
> so I
> > thought I would start with running and amd64 kernel and switching
> > mythtv and its dependencies to amd64.
>
> I moved my machine from i386 to amd64 in July this year. I did
> several
> try (4 or 5) to "Crossgrading" my machine like this one
> https://wiki.debian.org/CrossGrading and never been able to do the
> migration.
>
> I finally did my migration from an amd64 debootsrtap directory.
>
> I'm sorry I've not bookmarked the page where I've found the guide.


It sounds a bit similar to https://wiki.debian.org/Migrate32To64Bit

> If I remember correctly I spend one day to restart my machine and one or
> two weeks to have a clean machine, but a lot of packages are installed.
>
> ,----
> | $ dpkg -l| wc -l     
> | 3359
> `----


My system is pretty dedicated to myth but still:
$ dpkg -l | wc -l
1322

Hopefully I won't be a week without recording capabilities though ;-)

Ian.