Re: 5.3-amd64 + sysinstall

From: Steve Kargl (kargls_at_comcast.net)
Date: 03/31/05 

Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 19:34:22 -0800

Bill Laird wrote:
> 1. Have no /libexec/ld-elf32.so.1 required to run gimp, nedit etc
> ld-elf.so.1 exists in /libexec, unsure if it's the 32 or 64 bit version.
> Ports/devel/elf?

You install i386 ports on an amd64 system. A 64-bit version of
nedit works fine on amd64.

ld-elf.so.1 is the native loader, so it's 64-bit. If you have the
source installed you can build the capability to run 32-bit FreeBSD
apps. You need to rebuild your kernel with the right option
(see amd64/conf/NOTES) and set the right /etc/make.conf knob, which
I can't remember at the moment (something like WITH_LIB32). 

-- 
steve