[mapguide-internals] Getting closer with 64 bit installer

[Jason Birch]

Trevor, are you setting the Package parameter for 64bit?  One of the
best practices tip on stack overflow shows how to do this based on
passed variable.

I'm mobile right now or I'd check the code.

On 2010-06-27, Trevor Wekel <trevor_wekel at otxsystems.com> wrote:
> Hi Jason, Jackie, and list,
>
> I am getting closer with the 100% 64 bit Windows installer.  Most of the
> changes have been logged under the following tickets:
>
> http://trac.osgeo.org/mapguide/ticket/1295
> http://trac.osgeo.org/mapguide/ticket/1387
>
> Here's where we are:
> * 64 bit MapGuide binaries are being built successfully
> * PHP 5.3.1 64 bit binaries have been added to the install image
> * Apache 2.2.15 64 bit binaries have been added to the install image
> * Tomcat 6.0.26 64 bit has been added to the install image
>
> I have built a preliminary installer and posted it to
> http://download.osgeo.org/mapguide/testing/MapGuideOpenSource-2.2.0.4977-Beta2-x64.exe
>
> There are at least two issues with the installer:
>
> * Most of the Apache modules were not picked up on the initial submission.
> I just added them to Subversion.  The Apache install will likely not work
> due to the missing modules.
>
> * The installer is still being recognized as 32 bit.  I added the "-Win64"
> switch to the Paraffin command line but it did not seem to help.  The PHP
> registry keys are still being installed to the Wow6432Node and the
> executables are being installed under "Program Files (x86)".
>
>
> By adding the PHP registry keys by hand, I was able to validate that the
> MapGuide Server, the .Net Web Extensions, and the PHP Web Extensions are all
> working under IIS7 on Windows Server 2008 R2 with the 4977 installer.
>
> I could use some help with debugging the "not really 64 bit" installer
> issue.  The custom actions are still being compiled as 32 bit.  I do not
> know if that makes a difference or not.  Once this is resolved, I can fire
> off another build to capture the missing Apache modules.  Then we can see if
> Apache is working...
>
> Regards,
> Trevor
>