Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 11:09:00 -0700 From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: Mike Meyer <mwm-keyword-freebsdhackers2.e313df@mired.org> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: amd64 questions Message-ID: <20060826180900.GA81762@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <17648.35923.366716.65517@bhuda.mired.org> References: <17648.35923.366716.65517@bhuda.mired.org>
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On Sat, Aug 26, 2006 at 02:00:51PM -0400, Mike Meyer wrote: > > 1) The compiler can build i386 binaries, but the toolchain in general > doesn't do the right thing with the -m32 flag. I believe that this may be false because the compiler is not built with multilib enabled. > 2) The system can run i386 binaries, but the pkg system doesn't > support installing packages from other architectures. I don't understand your 'but' clause. You can run i386 binaries on amd64. You can install i386 packages on an amd64 system, if the port maintainer hasn't used the arch_only=i386 make variable. If you mean installing and running sparc64 or powerpc packages on amd64, then you are correct. > 3) openoffice doesn't build on amd64, and the i386 build doesn't run > on amd64, so the recommended way to run openoffice on amd64 is to > run the Linux build. Openoffice builds just fine on 6.1. You need to specify WITHOUT_MOZILLA. -- Steve
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