> Subject: Re: [fossil-users] Linux binary downloads
> On 2/20/17, Emil Totev <em...@tot-consult.com> wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> There are still inconsistencies in the binary downloads for linux at
>> fossil's web site.
>>
>> File fossil-linux-x86-1.37.tar.gz contains a x64 (64-bit) executable.
>> There seems to be no 32-bit linux executable download.
>>
>> Could someone please fix that for this and future builds?
>
> I suspect that the Mac and OpenBSD builds are 64-bits too.  I suppose
> we could produce 32-bit binaries, but I worry that they would be
> largely untested, since I use 64-bit machines almost exclusively, as I
> suspect most of the other Fossil developers do as well.  If you really
> need a 32-bit binary, you can always build your own use the source
> tarball, right?
>
> Or, perhaps you are simply asking that the downloads be relabeled from
> "x86" to "x64"?
>

Well, at least relabeling the downloads (and renaming the files
itself) in order to avoid confusion would be nice.

I guess I could build my own binary, of course, but I've always felt
more comfortable using 'official' binaries. And 32-bit Linux is far
from being an exotic platform even these days.

Thanks
Emil
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