From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 25 09:52:44 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 7468016A4CE for ; Fri, 25 Mar 2005 09:52:44 +0000 (GMT) Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.194]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1E6F43D3F for ; Fri, 25 Mar 2005 09:52:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from astrodog@gmail.com) Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 57so184451wri for ; Fri, 25 Mar 2005 01:52:43 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=YYc0D3gfzYkg/elzjCRdxOCGtKY79rxfnU31QbaFjp4ozkUwQEG359XqpSFuQXuuK2xIeJqoA7O7kXJPdR+AraGhpk8nfswndCKp8dg6RmkejezqljqBP9Cm31fl0QEYmpFJs/Td9Sah6YzNf/6PdqRPYlj8We6m30eH3VoORvE= Received: by 10.54.99.8 with SMTP id w8mr936286wrb; Fri, 25 Mar 2005 01:52:43 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.54.40.69 with HTTP; Fri, 25 Mar 2005 01:52:43 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <2fd864e05032501525fd3dbe6@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 01:52:43 -0800 From: Astrodog To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20050325062317.GB7662@dragon.NUXI.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <2fd864e05032316492d805751@mail.gmail.com> <20050324011220.GA81046@isis.sigpipe.cz> <2fd864e050323182432f78eaa@mail.gmail.com> <20050324201036.GF60666@dragon.NUXI.org> <2fd864e05032412501c001a5d@mail.gmail.com> <20050324215445.GB99206@dragon.NUXI.org> <2fd864e05032415452721de81@mail.gmail.com> <20050325062317.GB7662@dragon.NUXI.org> Subject: Re: AMD64 Ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Astrodog List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 09:52:44 -0000 On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 22:23:17 -0800, David O'Brien wrote: > On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 03:45:50PM -0800, Astrodog wrote: > > On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 13:54:45 -0800, David O'Brien wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 12:50:13PM -0800, Astrodog wrote: > > > > 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. > > > > The two that come up, that I've seen, > > Most all of the ports that rely on Linux compat, linux-jdk, > > linux-mozilla, etc, don't use the RPM properly, they're labeled ONLY > > FOT ARCHS i386. These are fixed with just adding amd64 to that list. > > Please post a typescript clearly showing the problem; or explain the > situation in detail. The working Acroread on my amd64 desktop says > things are working tolerably well. > Alright. > > Currently, without manual fetching and whatnot, you cannot easily > > install i386 packages. With IA32 support included, it should be > > possible to install 32-bit packages, and if the crosscompile is > > viable, 32-bit only ports. > > This needs some architectural work that no one has wrapped their heads > around. > How complete is the IA32 support? And... I guess there should be a compat/ia32, or somesuch? > -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org) >