Re: [cooker-amd64] Re: americas army not working

[jason pearl]

On Thu, 2003-12-18 at 22:23, Duncan wrote:
> jason pearl posted <1071748990.5190.35.camel@localhost>, excerpted below, 
> on Thu, 18 Dec 2003 05:03:10 -0700:
> 
> > anyone try running the game americas army yet... im not liking the fact
> > that alott programs i want to install wont because it says my architecture
> > not correct. isnt this supposed to be 32 bit compatbile.Orrrr am i doing
> > something wrong?
> 
> I'm not sure about that particular game.. but in many cases, the
> compatibility problem isn't the app per se, but the libraries.. which it
> wants in 32-bit not just the 64-bit likely installed.  If that's the case,
> and you are using urpmi to install the game rpm, it should install the
> 32-bit libraries as well, where possible.  Keep in mind that the full
> release will have quite a number more 32-bit libraries available than the
> RC does.
> 
> Also.. if that's a proprietary-ware closed source game (I really don't
> have any idea as I'm not that much of a gamer), note that there may be
> issues with the GCC version used to compile the game as compared to the
> one used to compile the libraries, even if they match arch-bit-wise.  If
> that's the case, you may be able to get it to work, but I'd suggest
> reconsidering whether you wish to support them forcing you thru all those
> hoops on the one hand, and whether you really want your $$ going to closed
> source anything on the other.  Here, if I wanted closed source, I wouldn't
> have bothered switching off of MSWormOS after 10 years on the platform.
americas army is a free game ... i like the 64 bit platform but i dont
like this compatibility issues... so i hope this is fixed soon
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jason pearl <jpearl24@cox.net>
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