AMD64 Ports

[David O'Brien]

On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 03:45:50PM -0800, Astrodog wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 13:54:45 -0800, David O'Brien <obrien at freebsd.org> 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.

> 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.

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-- David  (obrien at FreeBSD.org)