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From: Michael Mol <mikemol@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: 32bit or 64bit
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2012 14:34:59
Message-Id: CA+czFiCEggX52it90Ed5Z-E2NNCoQU91E29qo6gNDw6bFfLsAw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: 32bit or 64bit by Nikos Chantziaras
1 On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 10:14 AM, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > On 19/07/12 17:06, Michael Mol wrote:
3 >>
4 >> For system libraries, 64-bit windows provides both 32-bit and 64-bit
5 >> versions of supported libraries, rather like multilib environments on
6 >> Linux.
7 >
8 >
9 > So how does Wine run 32-bit Windows programs on a non-multilib Gentoo?
10 > Doesn't it need 32-bit *.dll.so files?
11
12 WINE is an attempt at a bug-for-bug implementation of the Windows API.
13 I really don't know how it operates internally. It's something I've
14 been meaning to get into; I missed out on playing The Old Republic
15 with my wife.
16
17 --
18 :wq