Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:16:36 -0500 From: Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: i386 vs. amd64 Message-ID: <CAGBxaX=n0NH8X2_ic1RsrCxFF8n3rqrUbV9CRa5Yb3wAdCxDUw@mail.gmail.com>
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Ever since 8.X (my system is now 9.1-RC3 [done via csup]) been using i386 with the following main ports: x11-wm/xfce4 www/firefox www/linux-f10-flashplugin11 editors/libreoffice www/tomcat-7 www/apace22 devel/aegis (I am the maintainer) devel/fhist devel/cook java/openjdk6 emulation/virtualbox-ose (and additions) print/cups I have avoided amd64 in the past due to some or not all them working, but want to switch if possible because PAE seems to be broken now on i386. So I have the following questions: 1. Will all the above ports (and their dependencies) work on amd64? 2. Is there any way to do a in place switch to amd64 or do I need to rebuild the system from the ground up? 3. In general is amd64 now as capable of handling ports and such as well as i386 does?
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