Re: x86_64-solaris

[Earnie]

On 12/21/2018 8:26 AM, Rainer Orth wrote:
> Hi Apostolos,
>
> [Again: *Please* leave config-patches on the Cc:  It is hard to discuss
> how best to proceed with your patch if you exclude everyone else from
> the discussion.  Thanks.]
>
> > Yes there is. Try to run a 64bit binary on
> >
> > a 32bit machine. Also just because
>
> No doubt about that.  But how is this relevant to the discussion at hand?
>
> > SOLARIS contains both 32 and 64bit binaries
> > and libraries it does not mean this is correct.
>
> What do you mean by `correct'?  It's perfectly correct to run 32-bit
> binaries on a machine that is also capable of running 64-bit ones.  In
> fact, you'd be surprised that even in unexpected cases the 32-bit
> ones may perform better than the 64-bit binaries.

There is a lot of pro vs con on multi-lib systems and whether or not it 
is correct to have/use them.  I tend to lean toward Apostolos' opinion 
that such systems are just wrong.

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Earnie