Re: SuSE package changes for x86_64

["Johnny C. Lam" <jlam%pkgsrc.org@localhost>]

On Sun, Jul 29, 2007 at 05:37:25AM +0000, Johnny C. Lam wrote:
> I have made some changes to the way that the SuSE packages work.  If
> you are using an x86_64 platform, e.g. amd64, then in order to build
> the suse100* or suse91* packages for use with COMPAT_LINUX32, then
> set EMUL_PLATFORM=linux-i386 when building, e.g.
> 
>       # cd pkgsrc/emulators/suse100_base
>       # bmake install EMUL_PLATFORM=linux-i386
> 
> I will soon commit a set of 32-bit packages that can be used automatically
> to satisfy dependencies for 32-bit-only Linux packages.

I've committed 32-bit SuSE Linux packages for use by NetBSD/x86_64 as
pkgsrc/emulators/suse100_32_* and pkgsrc/emulators/suse91_32_*.  These
will be used to automatically satisfy dependencies for 32-bit-only
Linux packages on NetBSD/x86_64, so no user-level fiddling is necessary.

        Cheers,

        -- Johnny Lam <jlam%pkgsrc.org@localhost>