x86_64 build method

[Matthew Burgess]

On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:40:24 -0400, Jeremy Huntwork <jhuntwork at linuxfromscratch.org> wrote:
 
> The question is, do we want x86_64 to be a separate book, or simply roll
> these small changes into a conglomerate book with x86?

I'd certainly prefer them to be in the same book, or at least in the same sources/svn repository.  I think Dan suggested we could use some XSL-foo (profiling?) to generate two different books from the same XML sources.  This is certainly my preferred method as it eases maintainance (both books receive fixes/feature enhancements at the same time) and eases readability (readers only see 1 straight flow of instructions, even there would only be 2 if...else type choices to make currently).  I think this is also how CLFS works with its different targets, though I'll admit it's been a very long time since I looked at those sources.

Regards,

Matt.