On Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 10:17:25PM -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Sat, Nov 24, 2007 at 09:06:05AM +1100, Alex Samad wrote: > > I need to be able to build i386 packages on a amd64 machine, they are really > > only meta packages. Just need dependencies and some config stuff, but the only > > think I can find how to do it is http://wiki.debian.org/DebianAMD64Faq and that > > means I need to populate my chroot with all the tools I have in my amd64 world > > ? > > > > Is it possible to build a i386 package on a amd64 system, I am guessing it is, > > cause how are all the other platform linux-kernel images built. > > Kernel images are a special case (The makefiles are setup for cross > compiling), but in general debian does NOT cross compile packages. The > simpelst way really is a chroot since you need the header files and > libraries and everything else from i386 to build i386 packages. You can > build 32bit binaries by just calling gcc with -m32, but that doesn't > solve the rest of the problems. looks like that is the way to go, I updated my chroot and it seems to be working > > -- > Len Sorensen > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > >
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