[tlbuild] build on linux-powerpc

[Peter Breitenlohner]

On Fri, 19 Jun 2009, Peter Breitenlohner wrote:

> On Fri, 19 Jun 2009, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
>
>> 1. I compiled inside a linux32 subshell. My system is 64-bit. since 64-bit 
>> systems can run 32-bit binaries but not vice versa, I think it is the 
>> safest course to compile and ship 32-bit. Is this correct?
>
> Hi Thomas,
>
> judging from my linux-x86_64 experience I'd say that this is only partially
> true.  On linux-x86_64 you can run linux-i?86 binaries if and only if the
> kernel is built with 32-bit compatibility enabled (certainly done so by all
> distros).  Thus, eventually, one may or may not want to have separate
> linux-ppc and linux-ppc64 binaries.
>
> Hi Karl,
>
> what is your opinion?

Hi Thomas and Karl,

and I forgot to mention: is it safe to assume that all linux-ppc64 systems
do have 32-bit versions of libfontconfig.so & Co?  I have seen distros where
these 32-bit compatibility libraries are optional (for the x86 biarch case).

Regards
Peter