AMD64 Ports

[Astrodog]

On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 12:10:36 -0800, David O'Brien <obrien at freebsd.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 23, 2005 at 06:24:24PM -0800, Astrodog wrote:
> > How could we denote a linux32 dependancy?
> 
> I don't follow.  The current idea is that the linux_base port when
> installed for FreeBSD will install both 32-bit and 64-bit[*] bits.
> 
> [*] When 64-bit Linux support is later added.  We have enough polishing
> to do to just support all the things we've already got to the standards
> people expect of FreeBSD.
> --
> -- David  (obrien at FreeBSD.org)
> 

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.

#2. With IA32 Compatibility, it should be possible to install
i386-only ports, and packages in quite a few cases, because of the
binary compatibility stuff. I'm not sure how this could be handled
either, since it would require a specific kernel option be enabled....
much like Linux32, I suppose.