From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 20 16:51:24 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 330D916A539 for ; Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:51:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from smtpout.mac.com (smtpout.mac.com [17.250.248.182]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0552A43D6D for ; Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:51:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from mac.com (smtpin03-en2 [10.13.10.148]) by smtpout.mac.com (Xserve/8.12.11/smtpout12/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id k8KGp70h024339; Wed, 20 Sep 2006 09:51:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [17.214.13.96] (a17-214-13-96.apple.com [17.214.13.96]) (authenticated bits=0) by mac.com (Xserve/smtpin03/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id k8KGp5A7001687; Wed, 20 Sep 2006 09:51:06 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <451123D8.7090007@gmail.com> References: <451123D8.7090007@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <7FC2723C-29C4-40DC-A95D-2B7DEDF79575@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Chuck Swiger Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 09:51:04 -0700 To: eoghan X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== X-Brightmail-scanned: yes Cc: freebsd Subject: Re: amd ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:51:24 -0000 On Sep 20, 2006, at 4:19 AM, eoghan wrote: > Just a general question about the ports for freebsd. I am now > running 6.1 on amd64. Got most of what I need, but noticed that > some ports are only i386 - like the flock browser and skype. > Obviously I can live without these but was just wondering if there > is a place I could check to see whether these would be available > for amd in the future? Certainly. The best place would be with the port maintainer, if any is listed, and with the project-specific mailing list, webforum, original developer(s), or whatever. The latter may be more helpful, as not all port maintainers may have access to AMD64/EM64T hardware. -- -Chuck