On 8/18/05, Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That brings us to the next step, what is the best way to get most libraries to > build 64bit packages ? This would need some extensive change in the packaging > stuff probably.
As you know, there are two ways: a. Major hacking for each and every package. b. Pure and sane 64-bit system. One is a never-ending task. It's like having a millstone around your neck while you walk through the snow, uphill both ways. Try looking at this the other way around. Given a 64-bit system, how do you create an emulation environment for 32-bit crud? See also: FreeBSD's Linux emulation, Linux's IRIX emulation, Wine, DOSEMU, Linux's SunOS emulation, NetBSD's Linux emulation, support for a.out on a libc5 Linux system, etc. We never had /libELF or /usr/libELF directories. Why not? Despite that, a.out worked fine on ELF systems. That's even with shared libraries.
