On 2011-01-13 09:38 +0100, Andreas Tille wrote: > On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 01:39:05PM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: >> >> at compile time. Upstream said I need to set ARCH_64=1 if the >> >> architecture has 64 bit *pointers* (they said on architectures with 64 > ^^^^^^^^^^ >> >> bit integers and 32 bit pointers the programm needs to be compiled as 32 > ^^^^^^^^ >> >> bit). Is there any safe way to obtain this information automatically or >> >> do I need to do some lookup in a table with `dpkg --print-architecture` >> >> as key (and if yes how would this table look like in the sense above)? >> > >> > See dpkg-architecture(1), in particular: >> > >> > $ dpkg-architecture -qDEB_BUILD_ARCH_BITS >> >> Not quite, DEB_HOST_ARCH_BITS is what you need. See also the thread >> starting at http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2009/09/msg00177.html. > > I remember the answers which were given in the thread I started. But > this variable returns the BITS (at least this is the name of it) and I > need information about POINTERS.
DEB_HOST_ARCH_BITS *is* the pointer size. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87tyhdnq0d....@turtle.gmx.de
