The trick with native addons on Windows 64-bit node is that you have to invoke npm/node-gyp from inside a 64-bit MSVC command prompt. There's a shortcut to in in the start menu, but it's different than both the 32-bit MSVC command prompt as well as cmd.exe, and I've been able to compile native addons successfully in the past.
On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 11:28 PM, Domenic Denicola < [email protected]> wrote: > FWIW All the native modules I've tried fail to compile when using x64, so > there's that as a *dis*advantage. > > > On Saturday, July 7, 2012 12:53:49 AM UTC-4, Glenn Scott wrote: >> >> I see there's an x64 Node executable built for Windows: >> http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.8.1/**x64/node-v0.8.1-x64.msi<http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.8.1/x64/node-v0.8.1-x64.msi> >> >> Are there any advantages to running that x64 build if you're just running >> fairly vanilla web apps? >> > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
