Bug#872891: gcc-multilib conflicts with GCC cross toolchains

[Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>]

On Mon, May 03, 2021 at 12:56:58PM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote:
> > > Is that still the case, a few years later?
> >
> > I'm running into this issue as well. I'd like to be able to
> > cross-compile for aarch64, and I'd also like gcc -m32 to continue
> > working.
> 
> yes, it's still the case. Nobody is working on that.

Is this something for which patches would be accepted for the GCC
packaging?

> Note that you can also install gcc-i686-linux-gnu to build 32bit x86 code.

I realize that, but that doesn't work for software that assumes it can
use -m32.