Re: Debian for x86-64 (AMD Opteron)
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On Monday 21 April 2003 19:52, José Luis Tallón wrote:
> IMVHO, there is an intermediate alternative: why not ...
> ... create a new x86-64 architecture
> ... tweak dpkg so that ${DEB_ARCH}=="x86-64" admits both i386 and x86-64
> binaries;
> Naturally, x86-64 ("native") would be preferred to i386 when available. If
> there is no x86-64 binary, use i386 instead; Sky is blue, life is good ...
Yes, that is exactly the plan, please read the whole thread on how
this can be done. Note that in the beginning, all the packages are still
built as i386 packages, so dpkg does not have to be changed before it
can be built as a native 64 bit package itself.
Arnd <><
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