Re: Compile on x86_64

Note this probably won't be an issue on FC5 because the Extras
repository contains wx 2.6.2.

Ray

On Mon, 2006-04-03 at 12:12 -0400, Raymond Auge wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-04-03 at 18:20 +0300, Devrim GUNDUZ wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Mon, 2006-04-03 at 10:39 -0400, Raymond Auge wrote:
> > > I was under the assumption that an FC4 rpm should build using the
> > > standard FC4 wx packages. Is this wrong? I have every wx package
> > > installed.
> >
> > That is wrong. We use Wx from source installation.
>
> Hmm, then there is really no point in building an FC4 rpm at all... One
> should just build from source. This really goes against the theory of
> rpm packaging...
>
> Not a problem. I'll do that. Pity!
>
> As for whether I WANT an x86_64 build or not is irrelevant. If all the
> distribution's libraries are compiled x86_64 then that is the arch I
> must target, otherwise why use it at all...
>
> I know the pain I must go through to run ix86 applications concurrently
> with x86_64, and I don't much enjoy it. I'd rather stick with either one
> or the other.
>
> It's simply a matter of principle, and would be no different if I were
> using ppc instead (which I do and must compile pgAdminIII there as
> well). If there is a src rpm to simplify the move from one platform to
> another, then hooray. Otherwise there is always source.
>
> I'm not complaining, I'm just clarifying my situation and my natural
> assumptions.
>
> Ray
>
> >
> > Regards,
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Raymond Augé
Senior System Analyst/Data Architect