64-bit support (Was: Poll: Primary D version)

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 05/24/2010 08:03 PM, Jesse Phillips wrote:
> Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>
>> On 05/24/2010 05:20 PM, Walter Bright wrote:
>>> Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>>> E.g. I can't install the .deb file on my 64-bit Linux.
>>>
>>> I think the current .deb files can be.
>>
>> Just tried again, same error message:
>>
>> Error: Wrong architecture 'i386'
>>
>> Let me know how I can help.
>>
>>
>> Andrei
>
> DDebber will build packages for i386 and AMD64. The main difference is
> that the AMD64 package will depended on the required ia32 libraries
> which will not be pulled in with -force-architecture.
>
> Just say'n
>
> Ok, it still isn't that simple because if you don't have the required
> packages then dmd will be left unconfigured since dpkg will not install
> dependencies. # apt-get -f should fix this.

I think at the end of the day we need a link that people can click on 
and that's that. How can we make that work? Do we need a 64-bit .deb, or 
is it possible to automatically instruct the package manager (in the 
case of Ubuntu gdebi) to install it with dependencies and all?

Andrei