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Why is synaptic downloading packages for both amd64 and i386?

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I'm running Oneiric 64-bit, and since I've upgraded I notice Synaptic has split the repositories into 64-bit and 32-bit, but it's downloading archive lists for both of them, taking twice the time as before. Can anyone explain why this is and whether I can stop it?

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answered 2 Years ago steaocyte · Accepted Answer

oneiric now has support for multi-architecture packages. So, even though you are using a 64-bit system, you can now install 32-bit packages on it. Earlier, this was not possible. Currently, this support is also available in Debian Wheezy, which will be released sometime in 2012-2013.

I do not remember the exact name this multi-architecture support over the top of my head, but when I do, I'll update this post.

Also, I don't remember seeing any mention of how to disable this feature.