README: add a note about 64-bit Wine and 32-bit apps (try 2)
Austin English
austinenglish at gmail.com
Wed Dec 23 00:06:09 CST 2015
On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 1:39 PM, Alexandre Julliard <julliard at winehq.org> wrote:
> Austin English <austinenglish at gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 2:14 AM, Alexandre Julliard <julliard at winehq.org> wrote:
>>> Austin English <austinenglish at gmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> @@ -80,7 +80,9 @@ Optional support libraries:
>>>> to make sure to install the 32-bit versions of these libraries; see
>>>> http://wiki.winehq.org/WineOn64bit for details. If you want a true
>>>> 64-bit Wine (or a mixed 32-bit and 64-bit Wine setup), see
>>>> - http://wiki.winehq.org/Wine64 for details.
>>>> + http://wiki.winehq.org/Wine64 for details. Note that a 64-bit Wine
>>>> + build will not run 32-bit applications (which many 64-bit applications
>>>> + include and rely upon) without also building 32-bit Wine.
>>>
>>> I think this should go on the mentioned wiki page instead, preferably
>>> with a big warning sign.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Alexandre Julliard
>>> julliard at winehq.org
>>
>> Why not both? If we're redirecting everyone to the wiki we could
>> arguably replace the entire README with a link to
>> http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ. I'm not opposed to putting it on the wiki,
>> but given how often this comes up in #winehq, I don't think putting it
>> in the wiki alone will make a huge amount of difference.
>
> In fact, most of the README is already links to the wiki, and that's how
> it should be. I don't see a reason to single out that specific problem
> given that we don't even explain how to build 64-bit in the first place.
>
> --
> Alexandre Julliard
> julliard at winehq.org
I've updated http://wiki.winehq.org/AMD64 (which is what
http://wiki.winehq.org/Wine64 redirects to) and
http://wiki.winehq.org/BuildingWine (which is what
http://wiki.winehq.org/WineOn64bit redirects to)..
I feel like the AMD64 page should be renamed to Wine64 (since it also
applies to at least aarch64)..
--
-Austin
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