AMD64 support in 5.x versions

[Greg J.]

Greg J. wrote:

> Jem Matzan wrote:
> 
>> I've tried just about everything AMD64 in terms of operating systems,
>> and I can say for certain that no one is anywhere near the level of
>> functionality that their i386 arch is. Even SuSE and RedHat with their
>> retail box AMD64 distros only offer limited AMD64 functionality. Gentoo
>> will install but few things will compile properly. I'd consider FreeBSD
>> and NetBSD further along than Gentoo at this point, except for the fact
>> that Gentoo can update its source code and FreeBSD can't (without the
>> special hacked CVSup).
>> FreeBSD would be a step ahead of everyone else if IA32 binary
>> compatibility worked.
> 
> 
> Where would one get the hacked cvsup? I'm dying to find an easier way to 
> update ports & src.

Nevermind.. I found it. :) 
http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=7000+0+archive/2003/freebsd-amd64/20031102.freebsd-amd64