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> On Jul 18, 2012 2:52 AM, "Paul Hartman" <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com> |
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> > On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 3:57 PM, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.com> |
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> > > On 17/07/12 19:43, Alecks Gates wrote: |
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> > >> |
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> > >> On Jul 17, 2012 11:32 AM, "Volker Armin Hemmann" |
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> > >> <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com <mailto:volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>> |
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wrote: |
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> > >> *snip* |
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> > >> > The only use case that might come up is wine - I don't know |
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anything |
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> > >> about |
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> > >> > that beast. Haven't had any use for it in years. |
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> > >> > -- |
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> > >> > #163933 |
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> > >> I use wine daily on 64 bit with no problems. |
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> > > 64-bit Wine cannot run 32-bit Windows applications. You need a |
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32-bit Wine |
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> > > for that. And since in 99.9% of Windows software is 32-bit... well, |
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you get |
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> > > the point :-) |
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> > Wine supports a WoW64 setup, where you build both 32-bit and 64-bit |
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> > wine, and 32- and 64-bit binaries are interoperable. I just took a |
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> > brief look at the gentoo ebuild and it appears to enable this if you |
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> > have both win32 and win64 USE flags set. I haven't tried it myself, so |
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> > I can't say if or how it really works. :) |
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Good discussion, guys. I'll continue with 64bit :) |
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