From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 30 00:37:16 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAC5416A4CE for ; Thu, 30 Sep 2004 00:37:16 +0000 (GMT) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (Odin.AC.HMC.Edu [134.173.32.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7517643D48 for ; Thu, 30 Sep 2004 00:37:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brdavis@odin.ac.hmc.edu) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id i8U0f9Y3031987; Wed, 29 Sep 2004 17:41:09 -0700 Received: (from brdavis@localhost) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0/Submit) id i8U0f94s031986; Wed, 29 Sep 2004 17:41:09 -0700 Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 17:41:09 -0700 From: Brooks Davis To: Rob Message-ID: <20040930004109.GA31644@odin.ac.hmc.edu> References: <415B54C5.6050807@pythonemproject.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="17pEHd4RhPHOinZp" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <415B54C5.6050807@pythonemproject.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=8.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on odin.ac.hmc.edu cc: amd-list Subject: Re: newby AMD-64 port compiling questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 00:37:16 -0000 --17pEHd4RhPHOinZp Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Sep 29, 2004 at 05:35:17PM -0700, Rob wrote: > I know on Windoze, i386 and 64 bit applications are supposed to coexist. >=20 > Is this true on FreeBSD? You can run 32-bit and 64-bit applications on the same machine. > If so, is the port collection set up so that known problem 64bit ports=20 > only compile under i386? No. Our goal is to primairly support native applictions without too much mixing. > How do I know whether a port or binary is i386 or 64 bit? with the port= =20 > I suppose the Makefile would tell me >=20 > Is there a switch that will allow me to choose either i386 or 64 bit=20 > when compiling a port? This might be a useful thing, but it isn't something we support today. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --17pEHd4RhPHOinZp Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBW1YkXY6L6fI4GtQRAgFIAKDPJUUshbxHrTMasr+GcEqTKFmwmQCggmEq l7ThccMWQbJxuupcIvfI3p0= =tMNH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --17pEHd4RhPHOinZp--