GNU bug report logs - #9757
24.0.90; configuration and compilation for multiple architectures not possible

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa <at> Freenet.DE>

Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 20:43:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 24.0.90

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 9757 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa <at> Freenet.DE>
Cc: 9757 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: configuration and compilation for multiple architectures not
	possible
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.
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