Hi, wasn't the same question here a few days ago?
On Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:16:36 -0500 Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.fried...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ever since 8.X (my system is now 9.1-RC3 [done via csup]) been using > i386 with the following main ports: > > x11-wm/xfce4 yes. > www/firefox Yes. > www/linux-f10-flashplugin11 > editors/libreoffice Yes. > www/tomcat-7 > www/apace22 Typo? Apache 2.2 runs. > devel/aegis (I am the maintainer) > devel/fhist > devel/cook > java/openjdk6 > emulation/virtualbox-ose (and additions) > print/cups Yes. The ones I did not answer, I do not have installed. > > I have avoided amd64 in the past due to some or not all them working, > but want to switch if possible because PAE seems to be broken now on > i386. It was a big jump forward when I switched during 8.0 or 8.1. > > So I have the following questions: > > 1. Will all the above ports (and their dependencies) work on amd64? I gave you the answer if I knew one. I general, I do not have problems which are linked to 32 or 64 bits. > 2. Is there any way to do a in place switch to amd64 or do I need to > rebuild the system from the ground up? To my knowledge, it is still a fresh installation. Just download an image and start from there. > 3. In general is amd64 now as capable of handling ports and such as > well as i386 does? I saw that some ports I used to use on i386 went 100% smooth on amd64. I believe that this has improved even further. Just make the jump. Erich _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
