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Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 01:43:09 -0700
From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org>
To: Chris Klopotowski <xultra@gmail.com>
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On Sat, Aug 28, 2004 at 07:08:42PM -0500, Chris Klopotowski wrote:
> Is there a planned ETA, or current development of linux_base being
> compatible with amd64 architexture. Just got a dual Opteron server up,
> and didn't even think about the compatibility problems.

You're free to submit patches fixing ports/emulators/linux_base so it
builds and installs on AMD64. ;-)

There are a tons of loose ends in /usr/ports and the main AMD64
developers really need the users's helps in taking care of them.

> Seems that linux_base-gentoo-stage1 has amd64 support but is currently
> marked broken! Are there any plans for this?

Sure there are *tons* of plans.  Starting with giving a few of us 70 hr.
days...
 
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