On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 3:32 AM, Michael Hope michael.hope@linaro.org wrote:
Hi there. I have a style question. For the pre-built versions of gcc-linaro, should we release a i686 version that also runs on x86_64, or do separate i686 and x86_64 builds?
If we do just an i686 version then: * There's less to test * There's one 'linux' binary so less confusion on what to download and a simpler download page * Most end users will already have the 32 bit libraries due to Skype or Flash
but it has some downsides: * May not work 'out of the box' * Cryptic failures if you don't have the 32 bit libraries installed
Can we improve error reporting for those? Or maybe shipping a check-install script that probes for proper 32-bit libs?
* Some users can't install extra packages and may not be allowed the 32 bit libraries
What libs are potentially missing? How many of those could get linked in statically?