-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jason Detwiler wrote: > Alexander K. Hansen <akh <at> finkproject.org> writes: > >> Fink builds 32-bit, unless an individual package asks it not to. >> There's no global option to force Fink to build 64-bit >> exclusively. >> >> You would need to investigate each package and figure out how it >> wants to build 64-bit, since each probably takes different >> options to do so. >> > > Thanks for the fast reply. So what is the likelihood of adding the > capability to force 64-bit builds to fink (e.g. in fink.conf)? Is > this post sufficient as a request, or is there another forum for > requesting new features? > Almost zero (see below) > Actually, does the current policy even make sense? If a package can > ask fink not to build 32-bit, why can't the user? And if the user > can't request it to start with, when would a package EVER not build > 32-bit? Or are there 64-bit-only packages? Fink doesn't offer user customizations for builds because it's completely the opposite of the overarching paradigm under which it operates: packages should build the same way on different machines as much as possible. This is the policy for _everything_, not just 32 vs. 64 bit builds.
The main reason that we have the 64-bit option in the first place is that some packages autodetect the machine that they're on and build accordingly, and we wanted to prevent the case of libraries built on a G5 being installed and breaking on a G4b, for example. > > If the answer to the last question is "yes", how can I get a list > of those packages? I want to know if any of them can help me > install 64-bit versions of openmotif3 and gfortran. > > fink list 64bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHXwLkB8UpO3rKjQ8RAhiRAJ9nrPXsciVaCye/0dE7zDGXB+tP8QCdHGDs +sNkFszCYYXi3bg/TGdDxyQ= =G/Rv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners
