On 28.04.2008, at 12:14, David T. Lewis wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 10:06:13AM +0200, Matej Kosik wrote:
>> Friends,
>>
>> I maintain these Debian repositories:
>> http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/3616
>>
>> There are binary packages for i386 which work fine.
>>
>> I am trying to build similar binary packages for amd64  
>> architecture. This is motivated by recent
>> "Squeak Debian Amd64 package" threat on this list.
>> I am having troubles to understand how to do that (I am getting old  
>> and stupid, I guess) and seeking
>> some help.
>
> There is some general background information in a FAQ here:
>  http://www.squeakvm.org/squeak64/faq.html
>
> A list of the VM and plugin patches that I apply when building a 64  
> bit vm is here:
>  http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/vm-dev/2007-December/001703.html
>
>> I am slightly puzzled what kind of image (32-bit or 64-bit) I need  
>> since I did not specified it
>> --with-src. What is the default?
>>
>
> Don't worry about 64 bit images, that is a different issue entirely  
> (see the FAQ
> for explanation).
>
>> If I try 64-bit image downloaded from here:
>>
>> http://squeakvm.org/squeak64/dist3/Squeak64-3.8g-6548.image.tar.gz
>>
> This image unfortunately will not work with current VMs without some  
> extra
> hacking, but don't worry about it because what you want is a 64 bit  
> VM that
> runs 32 bit images.


IMHO the hint on top of

	http://www.squeakvm.org/squeak64/

is far too subtle. It needs to be made very clear that people who just  
want a 64 bit Squeak VM for their 64 bit system need to compile the  
*regular* Squeak VM sources. In contrast, the "squeak64" page is for  
people who want to experiment with "64 bit images" which are  
*incompatible* with all the other Squeak images currently in use.

How about this:

"NOTE: 64-bit support has been integrated into the regular Squeak VM  
sources. To compile a VM for your 64 bit machine, go to <...>. This  
page is about experimental support of 64 bit images. Please refer to  
the <FAQ> to find out about 64-bit images."

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