Compilation question 64bit, 32 bit

Bjoern A. Zeeb bzeeb-lists at lists.zabbadoz.net
Fri Oct 17 13:25:08 UTC 2008


On Fri, 17 Oct 2008, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote:

Hi,

> On Fri, 17 Oct 2008, Andrew Snow wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>> Alexander Leidinger wrote:
>>> Sort of. You can install a 32bit world into the jail and make sure 32bit 
>>> support is activated in the kernel. The 32bit programs will then run just 
>>> fine in the jail (but 64bit ones should run fine too). 
>> 
>> How is this done?
>> 
>> I've never been able to find out how, it doesn't appear to be documented 
>> anywhere.
>
> I have been trying to get the people who know best to document it (at
> least roughly) and have failed so far.
>
> It' is more than simply installing a 32bit world as jails and starting
> the jail.

ok, it turns out that if you just want to run things it should just
work.

If you want to build ports or things in there, there are a bunch of
enviroment variables to set.

/bz

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