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Date:      Sun, 28 May 2017 03:53:39 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@pfeifer.com>
To:        David Naylor <dbn@freebsd.org>, Thomas Mueller <mueller6722@twc.com>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Which wine do I need?
Message-ID:  <alpine.LSU.2.21.1705280352250.3529@anthias.pfeifer.com>
In-Reply-To: <1950141.VWTixaZMzu@dragon.local>
References:  <5E.31.29375.7D6E8195@dnvrco-omsmta02> <1950141.VWTixaZMzu@dragon.local>

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On Mon, 15 May 2017, David Naylor wrote:
>> I see several different wine ports and would like to know which I need for
>> amd64 and which I need for an i386 installation.
>  - On an i386 environment with 32-bit Windows binaries use lang/wine.
>  - On an amd64 environment with 32-bit Windows binaries use lang/i386-wine.
>  - On an amd64 environment with 64-bit Windows binaries use lang/wine.

What do you guys think about the following patch for emulators/wine
to help clarify this?

Gerald

Index: pkg-descr
===================================================================
--- pkg-descr	(revision 441876)
+++ pkg-descr	(working copy)
@@ -5,8 +5,12 @@
 a similar look and feel to other applications on your desktop.
 
 Many applications already work, more or less, including versions of
-Microsoft Office and several games.
+Microsoft Office and many games.
 
+Use this port for 32-bit Windows binaries in an i386 environment or
+64-bit Windows binaries in an amd64 environment; use lang/i386-wine
+for 32-bit Windows binaries in an amd64 environment.
+
 WWW: http://www.winehq.org/
 
 Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@FreeBSD.org>



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