From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 24 21:54:49 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C04116A4CE for ; Thu, 24 Mar 2005 21:54:49 +0000 (GMT) Received: from dragon.NUXI.org (trang.nuxi.com [66.93.134.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D57843D5E for ; Thu, 24 Mar 2005 21:54:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.com) Received: from dragon.NUXI.org (obrien@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dragon.NUXI.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j2OLsjdc099315; Thu, 24 Mar 2005 13:54:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien@dragon.NUXI.org) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.NUXI.org (8.13.3/8.13.1/Submit) id j2OLsjVG099314; Thu, 24 Mar 2005 13:54:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien) Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 13:54:45 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" To: Astrodog Message-ID: <20050324215445.GB99206@dragon.NUXI.org> References: <2fd864e05032316492d805751@mail.gmail.com> <20050324011220.GA81046@isis.sigpipe.cz> <2fd864e050323182432f78eaa@mail.gmail.com> <20050324201036.GF60666@dragon.NUXI.org> <2fd864e05032412501c001a5d@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <2fd864e05032412501c001a5d@mail.gmail.com> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT Organization: The NUXI BSD Group X-Pgp-Rsa-Fingerprint: B7 4D 3E E9 11 39 5F A3 90 76 5D 69 58 D9 98 7A X-Pgp-Rsa-Keyid: 1024/34F9F9D5 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD64 Ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 21:54:49 -0000 On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 12:50:13PM -0800, Astrodog wrote: > On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 12:10:36 -0800, David O'Brien 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)