[lug] 32 bit O/S on 64 bit hardware

Collins Richey crichey at gmail.com
Mon May 7 20:11:49 MDT 2007


On 5/7/07, Steve Sullivan <sullivan at mathcom.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>

>
> So my thought is to force everything to 32 bit.  If I were to install
> a Debian 32 bit O/S, would the "configure" and "setup.py" scripts
> honor the 32 bit O/S and always build 32 bit libraries and
> executables?
>

Yes, a 32-bit Debian or .... distro has no 64-bit libraries, and
everything will continue to be 32-bit regrdless of the 32/64 bit
nature of the hardware.

-- 
Collins Richey
     If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries
     of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.



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