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Re: Problems with linux-image-amd64 on 32bit OS



Brett Viren <bv@bnl.gov> writes:

> I could override /bin/uname, but I worry that would lead to other
> problems.

Mainly if you do so globally.  My suggestion would be to run builds
that insist on second-guessing the compiler under "setarch i386" (aka
"linux32") to limit the scope of the altered uname information:

$ uname -m
x86_64
$ linux32 uname -m
i686
$ setarch i386 uname -m
i686

-- 
Aaron M. Ucko, KB1CJC (amu at alum.mit.edu, ucko at debian.org)
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