I'll be posting patches to improve compatibility with 64bit linux compiles in this thread.
First up, makefile changes to allow it to begin compiling.
	Code:
	Index: eqlaunch/makefile
===================================================================
--- eqlaunch/makefile   (revision 1)
+++ eqlaunch/makefile   (revision 2)
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@
 LINKOUT=-o
 NOLINK=-c
 LINKER=gcc
-MYSQL_FLAGS=-I/usr/include/mysql
-MYSQL_LIB=-L/usr/lib/mysql -lmysqlclient -lz -lcrypt -lnsl -lm -lc -lnss_files -lnss_dns -lresolv -lc -lnss_files -lnss_dns -lresolv
+MYSQL_FLAGS=$(shell mysql_config --cflags)
+MYSQL_LIB=$(shell mysql_config --libs)
 DFLAGS=-DEQDEBUG=5
 WFLAGS=-Wall -Wuninitialized -Wwrite-strings -Wcast-qual -Wno-deprecated  -Wcomment -Wcast-align
-COPTS=$(WFLAGS) -O -g -march=i686 -pthread -pipe -DEQLAUNCH $(DFLAGS) $(MYSQL_FLAGS)
+COPTS=$(WFLAGS) -O -g -pthread -pipe -DEQLAUNCH $(DFLAGS) $(MYSQL_FLAGS)
 LINKOPTS=$(COPTS) -rdynamic -L. -lstdc++ -ldl $(MYSQL_LIB)
 all: eqlaunch
Index: chatserver/makefile
===================================================================
--- chatserver/makefile (revision 1)
+++ chatserver/makefile (revision 2)
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 MYSQL_FLAGS=$(shell mysql_config --cflags)
 MYSQL_LIB=$(shell mysql_config --libs)
-COPTS=$(WFLAGS) -g -march=i686 -pthread -pipe -I../common/SocketLib \
+COPTS=$(WFLAGS) -g -pthread -pipe -I../common/SocketLib \
   -DFX -D_GNU_SOURCE -DINVERSEXY $(DFLAGS) $(MYSQL_FLAGS) $(PERL_FLAGS)
 LINKOPTS=$(COPTS) -rdynamic -L. -lstdc++ -lm -lz -ldl \
   $(MYSQL_LIB) $(PERL_LIB)
Index: world/makefile
===================================================================
--- world/makefile      (revision 1)
+++ world/makefile      (revision 2)
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 MYSQL_FLAGS=$(shell mysql_config --cflags)
 MYSQL_LIB=$(shell mysql_config --libs)
-COPTS=$(WFLAGS) -g -march=i686 -O -pthread -pipe -I../common/SocketLib \
+COPTS=$(WFLAGS) -g -O -pthread -pipe -I../common/SocketLib \
   -DFX -D_GNU_SOURCE -DINVERSEXY -DWORLD $(DFLAGS) $(MYSQL_FLAGS) $(PERL_FLAGS)
 LINKOPTS=$(COPTS) -rdynamic -L. -lstdc++ -lm -lz -ldl \
   $(MYSQL_LIB) $(PERL_LIB)
Index: mailserver/makefile
===================================================================
--- mailserver/makefile (revision 1)
+++ mailserver/makefile (revision 2)
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 MYSQL_FLAGS=$(shell mysql_config --cflags)
 MYSQL_LIB=$(shell mysql_config --libs)
-COPTS=$(WFLAGS) -g -march=i686 -pthread -pipe -I../common/SocketLib \
+COPTS=$(WFLAGS) -g -pthread -pipe -I../common/SocketLib \
   -DFX -D_GNU_SOURCE -DINVERSEXY $(DFLAGS) $(MYSQL_FLAGS) $(PERL_FLAGS)
 LINKOPTS=$(COPTS) -rdynamic -L. -lstdc++ -lm -lz -ldl \
   $(MYSQL_LIB) $(PERL_LIB)
Index: zone/makefile
===================================================================
--- zone/makefile       (revision 1)
+++ zone/makefile       (revision 2)
@@ -10,15 +10,15 @@
 LINKOUT=-o
 NOLINK=-c
 LINKER=gcc
-MYSQL_FLAGS=-I/usr/include/mysql
-MYSQL_LIB=-L/usr/lib/mysql -lmysqlclient -lz -lcrypt -lnsl -lm -lc -lnss_files -lnss_dns -lresolv -lc -lnss_files -lnss_dns -lresolv
+MYSQL_FLAGS=$(shell mysql_config --cflags)
+MYSQL_LIB=$(shell mysql_config --libs)
 DFLAGS=-DEQDEBUG=5 -DCATCH_CRASH -DNO_PIDLOG -DSHAREMEM -DFIELD_ITEMS -DCOMBINED -DAPP_OPCODE_SIZE=2 -Di386
 #try commenting out the following three lines to disable embedded perl
 PERL_FLAGS=perl -MExtUtils::Embed -e ccopts
 PERL_LIB=perl -MExtUtils::Embed -e ldopts
 DFLAGS+=-DEMBPERL -DEMBPERL_PLUGIN -DHAS_UNION_SEMUN
 WFLAGS=-fpermissive -Wall -Wuninitialized -Wwrite-strings -Wcast-qual -Wno-deprecated  -Wcomment -Wcast-align
-COPTS=$(WFLAGS) -O -g -march=i686 -pthread -pipe -D_GNU_SOURCE -DINVERSEXY -DFX -DZONE $(DFLAGS) $(MYSQL_FLAGS) `$(PERL_FLAGS)`
+COPTS=$(WFLAGS) -O -g -pthread -pipe -D_GNU_SOURCE -DINVERSEXY -DFX -DZONE $(DFLAGS) $(MYSQL_FLAGS) `$(PERL_FLAGS)`
 LINKOPTS=$(COPTS) -rdynamic -L. -lstdc++ -ldl $(MYSQL_LIB) `$(PERL_LIB)`
 all: zone
Index: ucs/makefile
===================================================================
--- ucs/makefile        (revision 30)
+++ ucs/makefile        (revision 31)
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 MYSQL_FLAGS=$(shell mysql_config --cflags)
 MYSQL_LIB=$(shell mysql_config --libs)
-COPTS=$(WFLAGS) -g -march=i686 -pthread -pipe -I../common/SocketLib \
+COPTS=$(WFLAGS) -g -pthread -pipe -I../common/SocketLib \
   -DFX -D_GNU_SOURCE -DINVERSEXY $(DFLAGS) $(MYSQL_FLAGS) $(PERL_FLAGS)
 LINKOPTS=$(COPTS) -rdynamic -L. -lstdc++ -lm -lz -ldl \
   $(MYSQL_LIB) $(PERL_LIB)
 This patch merely removes the -march=i686 to allow the compiler to dynamically set arch and in two makefiles it changes the mysql flags from hardcoded to dynamically generated.
If desired, I could create patches so the makefile will selectively add the -march=i686 for 32 bit machines.