Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:45:44 +0000 (UTC) From: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net> To: Palle Girgensohn <girgen@pingpong.net> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: running 32-bit mplayer (win32codecs) on FreeBSD-7.0-amd64 Message-ID: <20080310214327.V50685@maildrop.int.zabbadoz.net> In-Reply-To: <08EA672FEF40AD31704D0F1B@rambutan.pingpong.net> References: <08EA672FEF40AD31704D0F1B@rambutan.pingpong.net>
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On Mon, 10 Mar 2008, Palle Girgensohn wrote: > I've found some discussions about how to use a jail to build 32-bit ports on > amd64, bu my need is simpler, I just need to be able to run win32codecs on an > amd64 machine. Do I need to > > 1. build the relevant package chain on a i386 machine with the same major > FreeBSD version, using LOCALBASE=/something-32 > > 2. install the packages on the amd64 machine, in a separate root > /something-32 > > 3. set up ldconfig32_paths on the amd64 machine > > 4. just run the binary from the /something-32/path > > and hopefully it will work? So basically what I would try first... just build everything natively on amd64. If the (one specific) port refuses to build on amd64 comment out the ONLY_FOR_ARCHS= i386 and simply build and install it. It might just work... -- Bjoern A. Zeeb bzeeb at Zabbadoz dot NeT Software is harder than hardware so better get it right the first time.
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