Subject: bug#9757: configuration and compilation for multiple architectures not possible

From: Paul Eggert <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2011 22:08:54 -0700

This has never worked for Emacs, right?  So it's a wishlist item?

> My test case also shows another problem: only one architecture,
> ppc (G4 or PowerPC 74xx) is 32-bit and would need the --with-wide-int configure option,
> the two other architectures, ppc64 (or G5, PowerPC 970) and x86_64 (intel, kind of "nocona"),
> are inherently 64-bit.

This part shouldn't be a problem, as it doesn't hurt to use --with-wide-int
on those 64-bit hosts.