On 4/10/07, Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 02:42:35PM +0200, Tijl Coosemans wrote: > On Monday 09 April 2007 19:28:50 Kris Kennaway wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 09:37:00AM -0700, Steve Franks wrote: > > > Why does the wine port complain that it will not build on my > > > 6.2/amd64 machine? A quick search around winehq.com seems to > > > indicate that the linux (kubuntu, debian) guys compile wine on > > > their 64-bit platforms??? And you know how we *hate* to let them > > > think they have something we bsd-ites do not ;) > > > > Extra patches, I guess. Why not look into it and see what needs to > > be added to our port? > > Wine runs win32 programs. It needs to be built as a 32bit program > linked with 32bit libraries. The ports/package system can't handle > 32bit code on amd64. Well it can, you just need to also have 32-bit versions of all the other ports too. It is true that no-one has really worked on this, but it's not technically difficult. Kris
Is there already a means for building a particular port as 32 bits on a 64-bit machine? It seems that the infrastructure for having multiple versions of a particular port installed is already there. I know 6.2-64already has some 32-bit compatilibity infrastructure of some sort. As you say, it certainly doesn't seem beyond the realm of technical possibility. Since all my machines (even my crappy $400usd laptop) all have amd64 processors, why should I be locked into installing the x86 version just to run my CAD packages on wine? The qemu option sounds easy enough, but I moved to fbsd so I could ditch MS's unethical business practices and bugs - don't like the thought of installing it again on my pristine bsd server ;) Steve _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
