32-bit X libs?

[Coleman Kane]

On 2/1/06, Antoine Pelisse <apelisse at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 1/28/06, Coleman Kane <zombyfork at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > What about this...
> >
> > Install 32-bit FreeBSD into ia32. and then make another ports dir there.
> > Then run against the 32-bit make binary that would be in there somewhere?
> > You could have all of the /*/(lib,bin,sbin,libexec)32 dirs as symlinks into
> > this compat section, making it easy to remove and replace your 32-bit
> > userland should it be necessary.
> >
> > I know on that Mac OS X, the solution is to make every dynamic binary
> > have ppc,ppc64, and x86 sections in it (effectively 3 binaries archived in
> > one file) using Mach-O binaries. Dunno if this type of thing is possible, or
> > even desireable under ELF (or just for the FreeBSD community in general).
> >
> > It would be really cool to have the 32-bit userland (on amd64) be able
> > to install ports easily on the system choosing either 32 or 64 with a make
> > option.
> >
> > --
> > coleman kane
> >
>
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> That sounds nice, but I can't take care of it as I, ironically, have no
> working amd64 box. It would be great if someone else could take care of that
>
> Regards,
> Antoine
>

It is difficult for me to believe that I am the only one with a working
amd64 box. I am more than happy to help in this endevaour, but I lack the
available time to appropriately spearhead this project. If enough people are
willing to help, I might be able to get something rolling.

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coleman kane