On Thu, 2005-08-18 at 22:55 -0400, Albert Cahalan wrote: > 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.
At the expense of performances, disk space, etc... of course > One is a never-ending task. It's like having a millstone around > your neck while you walk through the snow, uphill both ways. Which is what other distros are doing without trouble tho ... without major hacking to packages afaik... > 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. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
