Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 13:52:23 +0100 From: Michael Hopkins <michael.hopkins@hopkins-research.com> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Cc: "freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org" <freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Actual benefits of amd64 over i386 Message-ID: <BEAA6197.3CD7F%michael.hopkins@hopkins-research.com> In-Reply-To: <20050513124517.GA74918@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On 13/5/05 1:45 pm, "Kris Kennaway" <kris@obsecurity.org> wrote:
> On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 12:55:52PM -0700, Steve Kargl wrote:
>> On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 08:43:46PM +0100, Michael Hopkins wrote:
>>
>>> I have been suffering quite a bit of frustration recently with many ports
>>> that I need being 'i386 only' and no straightforward fixes. Maybe amd64
>>> could be described as 'tier 1.5' ;o)
>>
>> Look in the port's Makefile for the i386 only flag. Remove it
>> and trying building on amd64. Many ports run fine, but the
>> porter either does not have access to amd64 or the port simply
>> has not been tested on amd64.
>
> Make sure to submit PRs if you find any.
>
> Kris
>
Unfortunately, as I was saying to Steve, almost all the ones that I have
tried this with really are broken. The only exceptions I can remember were
linux-base & linux-devtools which I patched locally and then reported here.
I believe someone then took over and adjusted the official makefile
correctly.
M
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