[EPEL-devel] wine 32

[ToddAndMargo]

On 05/07/2015 01:02 PM, Reindl Harald wrote:
>
> Am 07.05.2015 um 21:58 schrieb ToddAndMargo:
>> Any sign of Red Hat changing their ways?  Or are they
>> just sick and tired of 32 bit?
>
> i686 is dead - there is no RHEL7 for i686 at all

Hi Reindl,

https://access.redhat.com/solutions/509373
        RHEL 7 will continue to provide selected libraries in
        both 32-bit and 64-bit, allowing 32-bit applications
        to run in the 64-bit RHEL 7 OS environment. This
        functionality also exists for RHEL 5 & 6 as documented
        in the knowledge article: How to install 32-bit packages
        on a 64-bit system

This is not a case of "can't" but "don't want to".  Can't say I blame
them, but it doesn't help me with Wine 32.

>
> the last non x86_64 i faced was 5 years ago and frankly the whole linux
> stack would be much more tiny without the old code and could be
> optimized for mordern and relevant CPU's

Wine 32 is my only 32 app I have left since I purchased
Qoppa's PDF Studio Pro (worth every cent, by the way).
Accationally, I still have to use 32 bit only Acrobat
Reader for Dynamic XFA forms (they are a pain in the neck).

Maybe at some point, if Coherence gets any traction under KVM
maybe we can work around the 32 bit problem with RHEL 7
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39238

-T