[ltp] Re: Should I use 64-bit or 32-bit for my new Thinkpads?

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]

On Thu, 21 Feb 2008, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> I've had (minor) problems with this kind of config: 32bit wpa-supplicant
> seem to talk incorrectly with the 64bit rt73usb module and 32bit ekiga
> seemed to talk incorrectly with the 64bit usbvideo module.

File bugs, please.  This means something is screwed up either in the kernel
or in wpa-supplicant (or worse, in the kernel<->userspace interface. argh!).

> And when running ./configure, many systems think I want to build
> a 64bit app.

Just force the proper arch triplet through a site-local configure profile.
Refer to the autoconf/automake manual on how to do it (I don't know how from
the top of my head, but I know it exists).

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