On Fri, 8 Jan 2010, Viktor Szakáts wrote: hi,
> >> What build settings are needed to build an x86 (i?86) > >> Harbour build on an amd64 host? > > > > HB_USER_CFLAGS=-m32 is a good start (assuming gcc or sunpro), but > > component autodetection will almost certainly be unusable (it'll pick > > up stuff for which no 32-bit libs are present). > > > > you'd best do this on centos (fedora too, perhaps -- they ship 32bit > > versions of most every lib); not a chance it'll (easily) work on > > debian-ish stuff. > > Thanks, I'll have a start with -m32. > > How is it possible to install 32-bit libs on an 64-bit system? short if compiling by hand... i know of no such way. debian and ubuntu only ships a quite small set of 32-bit libs just enough to run some 32-bit only stuff (adobe reader and the likes). hand-installing so that it is in sync with the system libs (so that you only need one set of headers, thus autodetect won't get fooled)... laborous. > Maybe it's also possible to add support for this case in > autodetection, but I'm in the dark ATM. with red hat, it's quite simple, as apart from -m32, you don't really need anything else, i think (well, obviously, you need to install both the 32 and 64 bit versions of any given library, but these come with the distro). > Switching to 64-bit Ubuntu (the distro I use) is also on the > table, but until I'm not sure about these issues, I don't > feel comfortable to make it. ubuntu is linux for the masses. the masses don't need anything more complicated than a wooden cube (and even that might be too confusing). if you need anything more complicated than a wooden cube.. go figure ;) if i wanted to do this, i'd first consider something redhat (can't speak for suse at all, though). -- [-] mkdir /nonexistent _______________________________________________ Harbour mailing list (attachment size limit: 40KB) Harbour@harbour-project.org http://lists.harbour-project.org/mailman/listinfo/harbour
