[ATrpms-users] How do you build packages for i386 on x86_64?

[Joakim Verona]

Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm at atrpms.net> writes:

> On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 08:47:27PM +0100, Joakim Verona wrote:
>> Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm at atrpms.net> writes:
>> 
>> > Since ccrma provides i386 and you need x86_64, why not build them
>> > natively?
>> 
>> Yes, that would be best, but it seems difficult.
>> I tried recompiling just some things, and it took forever to figure
>> out dependencies and compile them as well. So I gave up and decided to
>> just build i386 packages.
>> 
>> So, if you have some trick how to recompile all of ccrma id be very interested.

Ok, what I meant was if you had some trick of compiling all the srpms
of ccrma in the proper order, and also download whatever dependencies
necesary for compiling, on x86_64. I understand I dont need a chroot
for this.

Thanks for your insights so far!


>
> Why recompile? You either want the x86_64 packages, which ccrma does
> not provide, and for which you don't need a chroot, or failing that
> you simply use the i386 packages. There is no need in recompiling the
> i386 packages in a chroot on x86_64, the resulting packages will not
> be better in any sense.
>
> Maybe you are not aware of x86_64 being able to simply use i386
> binaries including packaged ones? I know Debian users are sometimes
> shoked, because they haven't yet seen multilib.
> -- 
> Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net

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