[clc-devel] Crux on AMD64
Hello, I think I will buy an AMD64 next month. Of course I'm going to install Crux. I will use kernel 2.6 and rebuild Crux completely as AMD64 binaries. Now I have two questions: 1.) Does someone know/have a good idea how you can organize compatibility libs for 32 bit applications like acroread? 2.) Is there someone who want work on the AMD64 version also? Best regards, Tilo -- Tilo Riemer mailto:riemer@lincvs.org Dresden, Germany http://www.lincvs.org http://www.iapp.de/~riemer/projects
Hi Tilo, I'm not planning to buy an AMD64 anytime soon, but... On Mon, Mar 29, 2004 at 12:38:54 +0200, Tilo Riemer wrote:
Hello,
I think I will buy an AMD64 next month. Of course I'm going to install Crux.
I will use kernel 2.6 and rebuild Crux completely as AMD64 binaries. Now I have two questions:
1.) Does someone know/have a good idea how you can organize compatibility libs for 32 bit applications like acroread? Do you have an idea about the port compatibility between 32 bit and 64 bit x86 architectures? Would it make sense to consider a multibranch repository to coordinate the efforts (and detach the changes from the 32 bit version)?
Regards, Johannes -- Johannes Winkelmann mailto:jw@tks6.net Bern, Switzerland http://jw.tks6.net
On 04/06/04 23:08:09, Johannes Winkelmann wrote:
Do you have an idea about the port compatibility between 32 bit and 64 bit x86 architectures? Would it make sense to consider a multibranch repository to coordinate the efforts (and detach the changes from the 32 bit version)?
hey you... ppc merge alive... again :) regards -- Giulivo Navigante GnuPG KeyID: E468396A
On Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 11:08:09PM +0200, Johannes Winkelmann wrote:
On Mon, Mar 29, 2004 at 12:38:54 +0200, Tilo Riemer wrote:
1.) Does someone know/have a good idea how you can organize compatibility libs for 32 bit applications like acroread? Do you have an idea about the port compatibility between 32 bit and 64 bit x86 architectures?
as far as I understand the documentation from Gentoo about AMD64 the ports should almost work for both 32 and 64 bit. On Gentoo the name of libs for 64 bit contains something like x86-64. the gcc should link against the right libs. ports which install only a binary like acroread should work without modification. only ports which must compile a 32 bit version should be modified for setting the emulation environment. Unfortunately I won't have time next 4-6 weeks so tests must wait until middle of May.
Would it make sense to consider a multibranch repository to coordinate the efforts (and detach the changes from the 32 bit version)?
I think this is possible but more the last way. It should be possible to add a system check in the few ports which are affected. Something like (no correct shell syntax ;-)): if amd64 then set amd64-env Should be all. Best regards, Tilo -- Tilo Riemer mailto:riemer@lincvs.org Dresden, Germany http://www.lincvs.org http://www.iapp.de/~riemer/projects
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