Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:31:21 -0400 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> Cc: JonathanGilpin <jonathan@fluent.ltd.uk>, freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Switching to AMD64 from I386 using make world Message-ID: <19125.16281.481644.877279@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <20090919201920.GI47688@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> References: <25523741.post@talk.nabble.com> <20090919200643.GA70447@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20090919201920.GI47688@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua>
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Kostik Belousov writes: > > You will also have to install all your ports again as amd64 binaries. > > Not system-management 32bit applications should mostly work on > amd64. True, with due respect to "should mostly". On the other hand ... if you're installing from scratch, why not go completely native? I recently built an amd64 desktop which now has 650+ ports installed. (About 100 are X related.) As far as I know all build using amd64 binaries/libraries. Robert Huff
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