[arch-dev-public] Arch64 micro-build machine

[Aaron Griffin]

On Nov 12, 2007 4:51 PM, Damir Perisa <damir.perisa at solnet.ch> wrote:
> are there plans for a i686 built-machine?

For pacbuild, absolutely. This, however, is something different. It's
possibly to setup a 32bit chroot on a 64bit machine (as 64bit machines
will run 32bit code), but it is not really possible to do the other
direction (last I checked).

So this machine is here for people who don't have 64bit hardware, or
do but don't want to wipe their machines just yet.

> my old machine is dying slowly but steadily and i do not yet have a
> bigger harddrive on my new one... so i'm kind of handicapped on i686
> atm.
>
> @ all : if you find some x86_64 pkgs of mine not updated/build for
> i686, this is the reason - feel free to build them if you have the
> resources. thanx

Well is this is a problem at this moment, I can look into this. In
fact, I might be able to setup a 32bit chroot on the same machine,
which would make everything easier.