Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 13:54:45 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> To: Astrodog <astrodog@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD64 Ports Message-ID: <20050324215445.GB99206@dragon.NUXI.org> In-Reply-To: <2fd864e05032412501c001a5d@mail.gmail.com> References: <2fd864e05032316492d805751@mail.gmail.com> <20050324011220.GA81046@isis.sigpipe.cz> <2fd864e050323182432f78eaa@mail.gmail.com> <20050324201036.GF60666@dragon.NUXI.org> <2fd864e05032412501c001a5d@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 12:50:13PM -0800, Astrodog wrote: > On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 12:10:36 -0800, David O'Brien <obrien@freebsd.org> wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 23, 2005 at 06:24:24PM -0800, Astrodog wrote: > > > How could we denote a linux32 dependancy? > > > > I don't follow. The current idea is that the linux_base port when > > installed for FreeBSD will install both 32-bit and 64-bit[*] bits. > > > > [*] When 64-bit Linux support is later added. We have enough polishing > > to do to just support all the things we've already got to the standards > > people expect of FreeBSD. > > -- > > -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org) > > > > We have 2 problems, that I see. > > #1. Linux32 doesn't appear to be addressed for dependancies at all, > almost every linux-something port I've found, calls itsself i386 only, > and sometimes has minor RPM issues. What are the minor RPM issues? I knew there are some (see archives for the arguments over the way we currently igngore them). But a summary of current issues would be good. 'amd64# cd /usr/ports/print/acroread ; make install' worked for me at work. > #2. With IA32 Compatibility, it should be possible to install > i386-only ports, and packages in quite a few cases, because of the > binary compatibility stuff. I'm not sure how this could be handled > either, since it would require a specific kernel option be enabled.... > much like Linux32, I suppose. Assume that if someone goes out of their way to install a 32-bit port, they have not removed the IA32 support from their kernel. This is now in the default GENERIC config for 5.4. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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