Re: [cooker-amd64] Re: using and compiling rpms not specifically put together for amd64

[Arie Folger]

On Sunday 25 January 2004 14:12, Duncan wrote:
> Hopefully, all this info is of help, and doesn't discourage you, but
> rather allows you to pick up the game quickly, and be of help to me, one
> of these days!  <g>  Just keep in mind that it's all fun, and we are
> learning a lot as we go, and a year or two from now, when everyone else
> finally decides 32-bit is going the way of 16-bit and 8-bit before it,
> we'll be old hands at the game.  <g>

Thank you for your lengthy, precise, enriching reply.

No, you didn't scare me off at all, although I had a much easier time than 
you. The isos installed almost flawlessly. Some bugs, but nothing excessively 
bad.

However, two points remain unclear (one of which I hadn't even spoken about). 
You wrote that SRPMS have to be linked to the 64 bit libs automatically, and 
then you write about the target x86_64. Which one is it? Secondly, when is 
Mandrake going to release the final version for ftp download? I understand it 
wants to give paying customers a leg up (ahem, I pay, too, as a Mandrake club 
subscriber, so let's just say boxed set buyers), but would it not release the 
isos rather soon, in the spirit of the GPL? (no flaming invited, just trying 
to understand)

Arie
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