On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 10:55:35PM -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. > > One is a never-ending task. It's like having a millstone around > your neck while you walk through the snow, uphill both ways.
And are you ready to pay a roughly 20% performance penalty for it ? > Try looking at this the other way around. Given a 64-bit system, > how do you create an emulation environment for 32-bit crud? Well, you are doing this the other way around in exact the same way. Also keep in mind that ftp-masters will probably not allow pure-64 powerpc into the archive, they even had trouble with amd64 where it makes sense, all this because of archive and mirror bandwidth reasons. But yes, a. is a major undertaking, and i was hoping of some automated method for generating the 64 bit stuff, maybe even in the same package. Needs some experimenting though. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
