Re: equivs-build of i386 deb on amd64

[Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com>]

Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to build a deb with Architecture: i386 on a system that runs 
> amd64.
> Funny thing is I did it on Dec.18:
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2012/12/msg00795.html
>
> But I cannot repeat it! As soon as I put Architecture: i386 in the file 
> he says
> he builds the deb but does not. Like this:
<snip>

Well, I cheated... I created an i386 system with d-i beta4 solely to use 
equivs once. And it worked.

But why can't you build i386 debs on an amd64 system? And why could I once?

Hugo