Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:23:37 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <ml.freebsd.questions@gmail.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Ports and 64-bit Processors Message-ID: <20080830082337.GA18255@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20080829204754.O5093@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <10549b080808290744u659d89f9m4c959a968cbe17e1@mail.gmail.com> <20080829171351.GA72763@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20080829204754.O5093@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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--0F1p//8PRICkK4MW Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 08:48:24PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > > > > AFAIK, it is not as much a question of ports being broken, but there are > > some ports that have 'ONLY_FOR_ARCHS=3Di386' set, e.g. because they are > > binary-only ports (e.g. flash plugin, nvidia driver) or because they > > contain i386 assembly code or because the code contains assumptions that > > are true on i386 but not on amd64 (like the size of a pointer being > > equal to the size of an integer). >=20 > you may just copy binaries onto amd64 system and they will work in 32-bit= =20 > mode. As long as you also copy the 32-bit libraries that they need! Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --0F1p//8PRICkK4MW Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAki5A4kACgkQEnfvsMMhpyUkuQCfcHi7AenontGje1M9bfXYjSs8 1zUAoJ5aTjAh39cFgGlNdEtofnePN1Rw =nFqe -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --0F1p//8PRICkK4MW--
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