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?

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? 

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.



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