[pulseaudio-discuss] installing header files

[Patrick Shirkey]

On 08/10/2009 12:31 AM, Colin Guthrie wrote:
> 'Twas brillig, and Patrick Shirkey at 09/08/09 15:23 did gyre and gimble:
>> I would also like to note that jack has support for running 32 bit 
>> apps natively on the 64 bit compile. 
>
> Can you explain this more please? Unless you totally bypass the jack 
> library and literally "talk the jack protocol" in your app, I cannot 
> see how this is possible. You'd surely have to reimplement the jack 
> client protocol in each which seems highly inefficient and error prone.
>
> I suspect that the 32 bit libjack just happens to be installed. This 
> is exactly the same with pulse.


I will check this out in detail and report back here. I didn't look into 
it previously because I never really had any need for it but about a 
year ago it was announced that jack could support 32 bit apps on the 64 
bit build natively.


>
> I don't know how you managed to get in such a position but I mess 
> around with 64 and 32 bit combos all the time 
> and it's really not any hassle with pulse.


Well in this case I have to disagree. However not because I don't think 
it's not possible but because I definitely found it to be a hassle 
before upgrading because the default Fedora 11 didn't install the 32 bit 
libs and since upgrading because I haven't yet built the 32 bit version.

As you are the Mandrake packager your knowledge of the build process is 
definitely more advanced than mine. However I have been working with 
Linux Audio for 10 years so I'm not exactly a novice. I hazard a guess 
that this is one thing that would cause people a lot of difficulty and 
contribute to the general bad press that pulseaudio recieves online and 
in turn Linux Audio on the desktop.






Patrick Shirkey
Boost Hardware Ltd