From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 6 02:55:15 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB609106564A for ; Tue, 6 Jul 2010 02:55:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from caleb.stein@me.com) Received: from asmtpout024.mac.com (asmtpout024.mac.com [17.148.16.99]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C249B8FC15 for ; Tue, 6 Jul 2010 02:55:15 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed; delsp=yes Received: from win7x64.mshome.net ([76.121.184.98]) by asmtp024.mac.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-8.01 (built Dec 16 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTPA id <0L54003EF83CRI20@asmtp024.mac.com> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:54:49 -0700 (PDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=6.0.2-1004200000 definitions=main-1007050154 X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=1.12.8161:2.4.5,1.2.40,4.0.166 definitions=2010-07-05_06:2010-02-06, 2010-07-05, 2010-07-05 signatures=0 To: Jonathan Chen References: <20100706025111.GA78875@osiris.chen.org.nz> Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:54:45 -0700 From: Caleb Stein Message-id: In-reply-to: <20100706025111.GA78875@osiris.chen.org.nz> User-Agent: Opera Mail/10.60 (Win32) Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Is it safe to modify a port's makefile X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2010 02:55:15 -0000 Thank you, just the kind of answer I was looking for. Now is the opportunity for a more detailed answer. After reading that page, it seemed like those instructions would either install i386 over amd64, or make your amd64 think it's i386. Now, I may be wrong, but I sure don't want my amd64 turning into or thinking it's an i386. On Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:51:11 -0700, Jonathan Chen wrote: > On Mon, Jul 05, 2010 at 07:43:24PM -0700, Caleb Stein wrote: >> I asked this question a while ago, and I received a few confusing >> answers. Here is my question again: The Wine port will only build on >> i386. I have amd64. I want to install Wine. Is it safe to modify >> Makefile to allow it to build on amd64? >> Please, just answer yes or no. > > Yes you can try, but it won't work. You'll hit a point where it will > complain about an illegal assembler instruction. > > What will work is detailed at: > http://wiki.freebsd.org/Wine#head-6963d527c173e57b1567e881305b544d33435b6d