On Fri, 28 Sep 2007, Vivek Khera wrote: VK> VK> On Sep 27, 2007, at 8:22 PM, Greg Black wrote: VK> VK> > Since we're close to a new release, I'm wondering what experience people VK> > have had recently with running in 64-bit mode. Are most of those broken VK> > ports now fixed? Or is there some magic that allows building of just VK> > the broken ones in 32-bit mode such that they'll run on a 64-bit box? VK> VK> In practice, I have exactly one port I need in 64-bit that is not VK> functional, and that is because it is a binary-only distribution of the VK> Adaptec command line utility. No other software I've tried has failed to VK> build or run on 6.2/amd64.
VK> My list of software is purely server stuff; I VK> don't use any FreeBSD desktops. It seems to be the key point here. I'm thinking about giving a try for the following scheme for my development desktop at work: amd64 machine with servers' ports built inside (postgresql-server, apache, etc) with i386 jail with desktop applications (xorg, firefox/nspluginwrappers, MUA, you name it...) ENOTIME so far... Sincerely, D.Marck [DM5020, MCK-RIPE, DM3-RIPN] [ FreeBSD committer: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Dmitry Morozovsky --- D.Marck --- Wild Woozle --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
