wine users - Feb 2012 - 32 bit vs 64 bit advice requested

Hi All,

I am running Scientific Linux 6.2 (RHEL 6.2 clone) 64 bit.  My version of Wine
is:

    $ rpm -qa \*wine-core\*
    wine-core-1.2.3-1.el6.x86_64
    wine-core-1.2.3-1.el6.i686

Really out of date.  Huh?

In order to test out any of the bugs I have posted, I need RPMs of the latest
Wine.  There are available by  Dag Wieers at
      http://pkgs.repoforge.org/wine/

Problem.  Dag's RPMs are all 32 bit.  

I do not run any 64 Windows apps (are there even any?).  Is there any reason why
I should not remove my x86_64 wine and install Dag's 32 Wine RPMs?

Your advice appreciated.

Many thanks,
-T

On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 06:40, ToddAndMargo <wineforum-user at winehq.org>
wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am running Scientific Linux 6.2 (RHEL 6.2 clone) 64 bit. ?My version of
Wine is:
>
> ? ?$ rpm -qa \*wine-core\*
> ? ?wine-core-1.2.3-1.el6.x86_64
> ? ?wine-core-1.2.3-1.el6.i686
>
> Really out of date. ?Huh?
>
> In order to test out any of the bugs I have posted, I need RPMs of the
latest Wine. ?There are available by ?Dag Wieers at
> ? ? ?http://pkgs.repoforge.org/wine/
>
> Problem. ?Dag's RPMs are all 32 bit.
>
> I do not run any 64 Windows apps (are there even any?). ?Is there any
reason why I should not remove my x86_64 wine and install Dag's 32 Wine
RPMs?
>
> Your advice appreciated.
There's no reason to install 64 bit wine if you are not using any 64
bit windows app.