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Platform: x86 is not 32 bit?

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tony

05 Mar, 2014 03:21 PM

Just wondering why in a test build where I set Platform: x86 in appveyor.yml (https://ci-beta.appveyor.com/project/tkelman/julia/build/1.0.153), the environment variable PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE is AMD64, and Chocolatey installs 64-bit versions of requested applications?

1. Support Staff 1 Posted by Feodor Fitsner on 05 Mar, 2014 05:15 PM

   

   Yeah, Platform setting is related to MSBuild (VS solution/project configuration/platform), not OS bitness - it's still Windows Server 2012. I will add some notes to the docs to remove confusion.

   Are you interested in testing under 32-bit OS?

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2. 2 Posted by tony on 05 Mar, 2014 06:10 PM

   

   I see, that makes perfect sense. So the platform setting is more like "host" in *nix-speak, rather than "build." 32-bit OS is not so common these days, but I work with numerical/scientific computing software that runs into bugs specific to 32-bit more often than other types of code. This may be a niche use area, and I should also be able to compile and run 32-bit code from 64-bit OS just fine.

   Though I see there is a section for "os:" in appveyor.yml, is there presumably only one valid choice for that right now?

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3. Support Staff 3 Posted by Feodor Fitsner on 05 Mar, 2014 09:49 PM

   

   Yeah, Windows Server 2012 is the only template right now. We plan to add Windows Server 2008 R2 and 2012 R2 soon after launch.

   If there is demand we could deploy Windows 8 32-bit too (I read somewhere that it's possible on Azure).

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4. 4 Posted by tony on 07 Mar, 2014 05:36 AM

   

   An update: 32-bit builds compile and run properly as-is. They're failing tests at the moment, but in this case it's a known numerical precision issue and part of the reason we want CI.

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5. Support Staff 5 Posted by Feodor Fitsner on 07 Mar, 2014 06:05 AM

   

   Thanks for the update. I will start playing with Windows 8 images after 2.0 launch.

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6. 6 Posted by tony on 28 Mar, 2014 12:16 AM

   

   Are the 64-bit Visual Studio command-line tools installed on the VMs? I tried running %VS120COMNTOOLS%\..\..\VC\bin\vcvars64.bat (or with VS110COMNTOOLS) but no luck.

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7. Support Staff 7 Posted by Feodor Fitsner on 28 Mar, 2014 12:32 AM

   

   I'm not sure - will take a look.

   - Feodor

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8. 8 Posted by tony on 28 Mar, 2014 12:35 AM

   

   Alternately I tried "%VS120COMNTOOLS%\..\..\VC\vcvarsall.bat" amd64 and that resulted in
   

   The specified configuration type is missing.  The tools for the
   configuration might not be installed.
   

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9. Support Staff 9 Posted by Feodor Fitsner on 28 Mar, 2014 05:09 AM

   

   Apparently, VS Express comes with "x86_amd64" configuration only. I saw someone suggested to use "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1\Bin\SetEnv.cmd" /x64

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10. 10 Posted by tony on 28 Mar, 2014 05:20 AM

    

    Thanks for looking into it! Ok, I guess it only does 32-bit compiler executable generating 64-bit output. I think that should be fine for my purposes.

    "%VS120COMNTOOLS%\..\..\VC\vcvarsall.bat" x86_amd64 worked well, I should've tried that before posting.

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11. Support Staff 11 Posted by Feodor Fitsner on 28 Mar, 2014 05:29 AM

    

    Thanks for the update!

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12. 12 Posted by david.turner on 02 Apr, 2014 07:26 PM

    

    Hi, do you have an ETA for Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows 8.1 support?

    Thanks,

    Dave

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13. Support Staff 13 Posted by Feodor Fitsner on 02 Apr, 2014 07:30 PM

    

    Hi Dave,

    Technically, everything is ready for that - I'm going to start doing 2012 R2 image this week.

    Can I ask why do you need 2012 R2 or Windows 8.1?

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14. 14 Posted by David Foster on 20 Jul, 2015 03:52 AM

    

    I was also confused by (platform: x86) not actually being 32-bit Windows.

    It does not appear that the documentation has been updated everywhere to make this clear. In particular the appveyor.yml reference does not make a distinction:
    * http://www.appveyor.com/docs/appveyor-yml

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