Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 11:28:59 -0700 From: Astrodog <astrodog@gmail.com> To: Mikhail Teterin <mi@aldan.algebra.com> Cc: amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: linux- ports on amd64 Message-ID: <2fd864e05040911286938343a@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200504091737.j39Hb6uY023089@aldan.algebra.com> References: <200504091737.j39Hb6uY023089@aldan.algebra.com>
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On Apr 9, 2005 10:37 AM, Mikhail Teterin <mi@aldan.algebra.com> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> linux_base-8 installed without a hitch, but linux-gtk2 and
> its dependencies kept complaining about amd64. I had to patch
> them all with
>
> -ONLY_FOR_ARCHS= i386
> +ONLY_FOR_ARCHS= i386 amd64
>
> and rename distinfo.i386 back into distinfo for the time being.
> linux-jpeg was a special case, requiring the following patch:
>
> -RPM_SET= libjpeg-6b-15.${MACHINE_ARCH}.rpm
> +RPM_SET= libjpeg-6b-15.${MACHINE_ARCH:S/amd64/i386/}.rpm
>
> As a result linux-firefox installed and is usable.
>
> Is this problem just an oversight or was there a conscientious decision
> to limit these ports to i386, when amd64 is also perfectly capable to
> use them?
>
> -mi
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This is an issue I'm currently trying to come up with a more systemic
solution for. It gets uglier once you have system, and compat rpms.
Anyone have any thoughts on a "long term" solution for this?
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