Re: coming version: naive question

[Jerome BENOIT <jgmbenoit at mailsnare dot net>]

Thanks for your reply:
as a matter of fact my wondering concerns the code itself:
does GSL able to take advantage of 64 machine ?
For example, the magic constants in gsl_machine.h are desigend for 32 machine
rather than 64 machine ?

I am sorry for the confusion,
Jerome

Robert G. Brown wrote:
> Jerome BENOIT writes:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > concerning the coming version of GSl, I have a very naive question:
> > will it support x86_64 machine ?
> > if no, is there any project to do so ?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jerome
>
>
> The GSL is already standard fare in a number of distributions, e.g. FCX
> and RHEL that contain full support for both i386 and x86_64.  I've been
> using x86_64 gsl since FC2 (GSL 1.3?).
>
> If you want it to "just appear" in your distribution you may have to
> wait -- they will lag a new release by weeks, months or even "forever"
> in the case of older RHEL versions.  Supported doesn't mean that they
> upgrade right away to the latest version of all provided tools and
> libraries, just that they'll fix the older versions for bugs.
>
> However, I expect that source rpms for the latest version will appear
> pretty rapidly.  When they do, use yum and create a local repository and
> you can install it on e.g. a cluster of Opterons very simply.  Or
> somebody on list may be able to direct you to a yummified repository
> that will have it ASAP anyway.
>
>   rgb

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