--- On Mon, 10/5/10, Alexandre Julliard julliard@winehq.org wrote:
The last time I checked it was possible to re-use an
old wineprefix
(created by 32-bit wine under x86_64 platform) with
64-bit wine - is
it still the case? My .wine is a bit big and I'd hate
to have to
re-create it... :-(.
I meant to write "wasn't possible" . Sorry about that.
You can use a 32-bit prefix with 64-bit Wine, but of course only in 32-bit mode, you won't be able to run 64-bit apps with it.
It is all a bit confusing - see (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=533806) I think the last time I tried both, I did encounter the problem with '/home/myuzer/.wine' is a 32-bit prefix, it cannot be used with 64-bit Wine.
I think a wiki/FAQ could be useful - there is an FAQ somewhere which says one should use a different prefix for 32-bit wine vs 64-bit wine on platforms which can do both. My concern is that I have a fairly big ${HOME}/.wine and I'd prefer to continue to use it, or at least it doesn't get messed up if I switch to 64-bit wine.