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On Tue, 31 Mar 2015 05:02:17 +0000 (UTC) |
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Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net> wrote: |
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> As I said, freedomware only, 64-bit-only is almost certainly easiest. |
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> If, however, you're running servantware binaries of any sort, well, the |
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> signature quote says it, you're effectively a slave to whatever whims the |
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> master of that binary may have, and if they've never come out with 64-bit |
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> or if you've never chosen to do whatever upgrade at whatever cost might |
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> be required to get it, well... |
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I am still very surprised that the mighty Intel Corporation has |
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not yet released a pure 64-bit ICC compiler for Linux -- and this |
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has been true for many, many years. It would be interesting to try |
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out compiling some things with icc and the associated math performance |
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libraries, but the gentoo emerge always chokes with same "multilib |
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required" message whenever I try to build icc. |
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One possible workaround for those who may require the rare 32-bit |
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package at rare times would be to use the Gentoo LiveDVD which is |
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multilib in nature. I am considering booting with LiveDVD whenever |
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I need to use a single 32-bit image processing program (which by the |
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way I have not been successful in converting to 64-bit even though |
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I have the full source code). The Gentoo LiveDVD is nice bacause |
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it allows changes to persist. One can incorporate custom configurations |
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and programs and expect to see them after the next boot. The builders |
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of Gentoo LiveDVD did a great job with the latest release. |
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Frank Peter |