Re: Can we expect a w64codec package?

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Subject: Re: Can we expect a w64codec package?
From: Adam Skutt <askutt@wnec.edu>
Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2005 16:13:20 -0400
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Thomas Steffen wrote:
> I think it should be possible to include the 32bit codecs in a 64bit
> process using some "linking glue".
Not really.  Having different pointer-widths in the same code is
extremely difficult to do.

This is why you have to have a chroot for 32bit applications with the
exact same libraries as your 64-bit ones.
Adam

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