Posted by: Turambar90
« on: September 30, 2013, 03:58:05 AM »thanks. I know that a 32 bit binary does not necessarily need 32-bit OS. But it might help performance if one uses the 64 bit version on a 64 bit system, and it's more likely that one has the required libraries installed.does the amd64 version also set the WEIDU_ARCH variable to something like "amd64"? If not, would it be possible to introduce it, at least for next version? It would help with AT_s. TIAI suppose it should. However, I feel I should point out that for GNU/Linux, it's still good form to not make assumptions about the system the program is running on (e.g., by including binaries), since WeiDU can be compiled for a larger set of systems than 32- and 64-bit x86 (e.g., there is also PPC). Additionally, WEIDU_ARCH is set at compile time, so it is possible to run 32-bit WeiDU (for which WEIDU_ARCH is "x86") on a 64-bit system.
If one uses a different arch than the "official" ones, then they probably already have enough knowledge, since they have to compile a custom version of WEIDU.