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.
I used the 'lpf' tool ((Local Package Factory) to install skype...
(just google 'lpf skype')
-Marcel
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