On 23 November 2011 17:45, Schwab,Wilhelm K <bschwab@anest.ufl.edu> wrote:
Sig,
I know almost nothing about Macs, but have sometimes cheated my way around 64/32 bit hassles on Linux by using a vm. Â If you have a choice to force a system to be 32 bit, then you might try that in a vm and build the library there, after which (thinking like a Linux user), you might simply be able to copy the files to your 64 bit OS. Â This assumes OS X will install as a guest (search results suggest it will).
At one point, I followed some instructions to install 32 bit libraries by installing 32 bit firefox on a 64 bit system. Â Shortly after that, I started simply installing 32 bit systems to avoid the hassles. Â If I was not the first person to get to a machine<g>, the vm trick provides a home.
Of course, Pharo will eventually make all of this irrelevant by giving us seamless integration of the libraries, right?? :) Â If anyone can do it, you and Stef will make it happen.
not before Cog could run on 64bit system. P.S. this port collection is crazy.. it still builds dependencies, including python (OMG), and x11 libs.. for a thing, like cairo library.. so much dependencies.. there is something wrong with linux world.
Bill
-- Best regards, Igor Stasenko.