Hello, I try to answer this in an combines post/mail: Rick McGuire wrote:
> I'm not sure we have the resource to do what would be required to > support running both versions at the same time. OK > This is not something > I'm particularly comfortable adding support for as there are other > issues involved. For example, you'd need to ensure you have both > 32-bit and 64-bit versions of any extension libraries and all of the > rest of the paths would need to be segregated appropriately. Yes, see below (reply to Mark)... > I think > our recommendation would need to be to keep this to just one version > installed on a system. > > OK, I can check this in the AIX binary distribution. This would keep things simple. After GA I can provide two filesets which will install mutual exclusive. > Rick Mark Miesfeld wrote: > Rainer, > > Rick is the guiding light on this and I agree with what he said. > > But, in addition to that, and I'm saying this in a friendly manner. > :-) > <grin> I don't see that running the 32-bit and 64-bit versions in > parallel serves any useful purpose. What would be the point of it? > Maybe I'm just missing something. > This is quite simple. At least on AIX it is not possible to link 32 bit and 64 bit code into one binary. If you have (legacy) applications / libraries which are only available in 32 or 64 bit then it is not possible to use both on the same system. On AIX you can put 32 bit and 64 bit members in one dual mode .a shared archive. During runtime the appropriate member is automatically selected. It is even possible to put old versions as "execute only" in the same archive. But you are right, it would be much more work on other platforms. > -- > Mark Miesfeld > > Bye Rainer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Oorexx-devel mailing list Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel
