Hi!
On 04.05.2010 16:14, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
On 4 May 2010 16:04, Michael Van Canneyt<mich...@freepascal.org> wrote:
We offer a .tar.gz for download, so what is the problem ?
No-one is forced to use rpm or .deb files ?
I don't have a problem, but it sounded like Florian has (or I
misunderstood him). From what I understood, he stated that deployment
is easier under Windows and able to run on older Windows without
problems. I simply stated that Linux deployment is easy too, if you
use .tar.gz with pre-build binaries inside (including running newer
binaries on older systems - non-gui or fpGUI based of course).
Florian wants to say that you might not be able to run a i386 binary on
a x86_64 Linux. This is for example the case on my desktop (ArchLinux
x64) which I haven't configured yet to be able to run i386 binaries,
cause I didn't have the need yet. Most applications that are available
in the package manager are available for both platforms. And for FPC I
simply compiled a new compiler for 64 bit and was happy.
On Windows you don't have this problem, as all 64 bit variants ship with
a "Windows On Windows 64" system that allows you to run 32 bit binaries
on a 64 bit system without problems (Win64 would have been a dead birth
if Microsoft hadn't done this). Thus there is no real need to ship a 64
bit version of the compiler.
Regards,
Sven
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