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Date:      Wed, 29 Sep 2004 17:41:09 -0700
From:      Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
To:        Rob <rob2@pythonemproject.com>
Cc:        amd-list <freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: newby AMD-64 port compiling questions
Message-ID:  <20040930004109.GA31644@odin.ac.hmc.edu>
In-Reply-To: <415B54C5.6050807@pythonemproject.com>

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On Wed, Sep 29, 2004 at 05:35:17PM -0700, Rob wrote:
> I know on Windoze, i386 and 64 bit applications are supposed to coexist.
> 
> Is this true on FreeBSD?

You can run 32-bit and 64-bit applications on the same machine.

> If so, is the port collection set up so that known problem 64bit ports 
> only compile under i386?

No.  Our goal is to primairly support native applictions without too
much mixing.

> How do I know whether a port or binary is i386 or 64 bit?  with the port 
> I suppose the Makefile would tell me
> 
> Is there a switch that will allow me to choose either i386 or 64 bit 
> when compiling a port?

This might be a useful thing, but it isn't something we support today.

-- Brooks


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