From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 18 14:14:12 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F34163AB for ; Tue, 18 Dec 2012 14:14:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jnagyjr1978@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yh0-f53.google.com (mail-yh0-f53.google.com [209.85.213.53]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3BAC8FC1E for ; Tue, 18 Dec 2012 14:14:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-yh0-f53.google.com with SMTP id q11so137185yhf.40 for ; Tue, 18 Dec 2012 06:14:11 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=ynet06zDr/o6jjJPURwhgVMCJDkbqvxRdkFIwQDWwkw=; b=1ExVbWFwWG57Cwe2J9wPAVxUQLj4xHgvmWySfinViViXLwvB7jSg7JdyAiqPT6iXRU CqiQ7BbRBR+soVHmtlj6wmdTQ9bZo/hyIgCUh0ibCr2V9pJDFQQzy7Bomr3yXgFixViU yZxpgpoNNjnGy6DUzpaBfmhi6R5p9J/u4skWql4hrdQS9P8T/oLPMZftBbeznVV6CcAO zOcp2OBuT+AnDwmuvUVvDVLhMCE1sC+DzwkH4Q1W7AgZv0PWFc9Nc1A0GpazJrM3xz7K 15bti7WuiwWGVAaaGHgKBqjFFGbaDF+shfarXrVWqEFLa4ebmdNOQ006GqEXbbLxiFBI ScZg== X-Received: by 10.236.118.195 with SMTP id l43mr1755000yhh.58.1355838220655; Tue, 18 Dec 2012 05:43:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.33] (vid-196.dhcp.grp10.tnmmrl.infoave.net. [204.116.254.196]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id l51sm1493106yhh.16.2012.12.18.05.43.39 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 18 Dec 2012 05:43:39 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <50D07309.5070004@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 07:43:37 -0600 From: "Joseph A. Nagy, Jr" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:17.0) Gecko/17.0 Thunderbird/17.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i386 vs. amd64 References: <20121218131338.356c12ef@X220.ovitrap.com> In-Reply-To: <20121218131338.356c12ef@X220.ovitrap.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 14:14:12 -0000 On 12/18/12 00:13, Erich Dollansky wrote: > Hi, > > wasn't the same question here a few days ago? > > On Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:16:36 -0500 > Aryeh Friedman wrote: > >> Ever since 8.X (my system is now 9.1-RC3 [done via csup]) been using >> i386 with the following main ports: Let me chime in where Erich couldn't answer as I recently made the switch to amd64 myself. >> x11-wm/xfce4 > > yes. > >> www/firefox > > Yes. > >> www/linux-f10-flashplugin11 Yes >> editors/libreoffice > > Yes. > >> www/tomcat-7 >> www/apace22 > > Typo? Apache 2.2 runs. > >> devel/aegis (I am the maintainer) >> devel/fhist >> devel/cook >> java/openjdk6 Yes >> So I have the following questions: >> >> 1. Will all the above ports (and their dependencies) work on amd64? > > I gave you the answer if I knew one. I general, I do not have problems > which are linked to 32 or 64 bits. I've had no problems either, and I am in the middle of a devel/pcre rebuilding (over 200 ports). >> 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? > > To my knowledge, it is still a fresh installation. Just download an > image and start from there. I think the handbook gives directions for an in-place switch, but it (and many, many others) suggest a fresh install, which is what I went with (I had other reasons as well). >> 3. In general is amd64 now as capable of handling ports and such as >> well as i386 does? > > I saw that some ports I used to use on i386 went 100% smooth on amd64. > I believe that this has improved even further. > > Just make the jump. I agree, I've had no problems related to the arch since I switched and would 100% recommend it for anyone considering it. -- Yours in Christ, Joseph A Nagy Jr "Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge, But he who hates correction is stupid." -- Proverbs 12:1 Emails are not formal business letters, whatever businesses may want. Original content CopyFree (F) under the OWL http://owl.apotheon.org