64bit skype client needed

[jd1008]

On 09/18/2014 11:11 AM, Rick Stevens wrote:
> On 09/17/2014 11:26 PM, Marcel J.E. Mol issued this missive:
>> On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 02:14:21PM -0600, jd1008 wrote:
>>>
>>> On 09/17/2014 01:54 PM, Joonas Sarajärvi wrote:
>>>>> OK, I have the rpm pf skype which was built for fc18:
>>>>> skype-4.2.0.11-3.fc18.x86_64.rpm
>>>>> but it still depends on i686 libs and other components.
>>>>>
>>>>> I was wondering if there is a way to extract the spec file
>>>> >from it and rebuild it (i.e. relink it) with 64bit libs, by
>>>>> editing the spec file, and running rpmbuild ...etc.
>>>>>
>>>> To make a 64-bit build of the application, you would need to actually
>>>> compile the sources with a compiler that targets the 64-bit
>>>> instruction set. This requires access to application source code.
>>>> Source code to the Skype client is not available.
>>>>
>>>> My impression is that the skype "x86_64" rpm is still the same 32-bit
>>>> application that ships in their 32-bit package.
>>>>
>>>> Fortunately, an x86-64 Fedora installation can easily run also 32-bit
>>>> applications.
>>>>
>>>> -Joonas
>>> Yes I know, but I just found out how to do a rebuild of the binary
>>> via
>>> # rpmrebuild autogenerated specfile
>>>
>>> but it still requires 32 bit libs.
>>
>> I wonder if skype 4.2 still works. I think I was forced to upgrade to
>> 4.3 to get it working again.
>
> They changed the login protocol requiring the upgrade to 4.3. 4.2 
> functions but won't log into the Skype servers (well, it might log
> in, but you can't communicate with anyone).

It will not login. It will say
! Skype can't connect.