Rick Shelton wrote: >> Is true that if I build LFS on 64 bit hardware using a 64 bit host OS >> the result will be a 64-bit-LFS? Is it as simple as that or is there >> more to it? > > this is not a bait-and-switch kind of operation. Many packages require > explicit flags or additional patches to enable 64-bit support. Once > the system is built, you'll have a pure 64-bit system; it will not > support any 32-bit applications. A 64-bit system that supports 32-bit > applications is called a multi-lib system. A multi-lib system involves > building almost everything twice, once in 64-bit mode, once in 32-bit > mode. Cross-LFS has some information about that.
That's true, but if you are building from source, you don't need multilib. You only need to go the effort of multilib if there is a proprietary piece of software that doesn't distribute a 64-bit version. Some of these are around, but in the last three years, I haven't found any that I need. In fact, I can't even name any without doing some research. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
