x64 builds and Windows 7

[Casper van Donderen]

Yeah, but you could also do it with a compiler flag... Then you don't
have to change a lot...

with your solution you have to rename all packages (or also just
append -x64 to the packagename)

Casper

On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 8:55 PM, Ralf Habacker<ralf.habacker at freenet.de> wrote:
> Casper van Donderen schrieb:
>> I propose making a 64-bit i nstaller which by default installs the
>> 64-bit packages. that installer will not run on 32-bit systems
>> anyway..
>>
>> Is that an idea?
>>
> What are the advantage(s) to have a specific 64 installer in opposite to
> extending the recent installer ?
> If the 32 bit installer would be able to run on 64 bit systems and the
> installer would be able to detect the 64bit os, the 64bit packages could
> be preselected by default  (and the 32 bit packages when running on a 32
> bit os)
>
> Important questions with 64 bit systems I see are:
>
> - is it possible to load 32bit dll's from 64 dll's and 64bit executable ?
>    If not *all* packages have to be rebuild in 64 bit mode
>    if yes then the dependency system of the installer has to be
> extended to support 32 and 64bit packages
>
> BTW: I forgot one point - the emerge system has also to be extended to
> support the 64bit compilers.
>
>
> Regards
> Ralf
>
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