RE: amd64

> > Does that require a real copy of msgfmt to be installed
> > and be pointed to, or is the mere fact of pointing to
> > *something* enough to get what we want?
> 
> Apparently it's not neccessary to point to the real binary.

Good.

> At least phase2 continues to compile until texinfo stumbles 
> over libncurses being in /lib, not /lib64.
> (Which happens a lot later)

Yes, this is a known problem, lots of the packages need
the conditional code for platforms that need the
libraries in /lib64 to be able to put them there.

Mats