Re: x86_64 probs with 2.12.1

[guenther <guenther rudersport de>]

> > I also have to perform the following tweaks:
> >  * disable GIMP_PRINT for gimp
> 
> FWIW, I have never been able to get Gimp to print, even on 32bit archs
> -- but Guenther and Joseph have, so i'd assumed (perhaps falsely) that
> it was a problem on my local box, and re-added it.

Well, I haven't even tried printing FWIW. ;)  The fact is: Building Gimp
failed for me too, due to missing gimpprint-devel packages. As a first
workaround I explicitly disabled printing in Gimp, adding
--disable-print to Gimp Makefile CONFIGURE_ARGS.

Once I installed gimpprint-devel (as provided by my distro), Gimp built
fine without complaining and enabled printing.

So this likely just is a missing dependency issue as usual.


> >  * skip all of mono
> 
> Add your name to the list :)

Mono is not part of GNOME. ;)  Please feel free to report 64 bit issue
with mono to them.


> > My biggest unsolved problem in this x86_64 build is that my native
> > 64bit firefox won't pick up 32bit plugins, and so I can't listen to
> > BBC radio in my browser (I patiently await a 64bit safe version of
> > helixplayer) - which is to say, not a very big problem at all :)

Don't have access to any 64 bit machine -- but a friend of mine (LFS,
not using GARNOME) reported the same issue: A 64 bit built Mozilla /
Firefox does not work with pre-compiled 32 it plugins. This sure is an
upstream issue...

...guenther


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