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From: John Levon <john.levon@sun.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix 64-bit foreign header check
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:37:16 +0100
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On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 03:24:45PM +0100, Keir Fraser wrote:

> > Fix 64-bit foreign header check
> > 
> > If a 64-bit build is chosen, we need to compile the checker program with -m64.
> > Use CFLAGS instead of HOSTCFLAGS (this check doesn't work under a
> > cross-compile anyway).
> 
> Won't gcc produce 64-bit binaries by default in a 64-bit environment?

There is no such thing as a "64-bit environment" on Solaris, all machines ship
with both 32 and 64 bit functionality (of course the kernel must be 64-bit to
actually /use/ such).

Thus we build twice, once in 32-bit, once in 64-bit.

regards,
john