Compiling Debs on AMD vs. Intel and 32bit vs. 64bit

["Michael S. Peek" <peek@tiem.utk.edu>]

Hi gurus,

I'm looking to buy or build an install host -- one machine dedicated to 
building and serving a local repository for the purposes of 
installing/upgrading/maintaining other Debian hosts throughout our 
organization.  The problem is, I'm a little clueless when it comes to 
hardware, and I want to make sure that I'm not about to shoot myself in 
the foot.  Some of the packages in my local repository require 
compiling.  Do I need to worry about AMD vs. Intel and/or 32-bit vs. 
64-bit when building my install host?  (A machine that generates *.deb 
files that are only good on *that* one machine is useless to me.)

How do you guys deal with this in your organizations?

Thanks for your input,

Michael Peek