[arch-general] building x86_64 packages under qemu?

[Chris Brannon]

Tobias Powalowski <t.powa at gmx.de> writes:

> Am Montag 11 Januar 2010 schrieb Chris Brannon:
>> Is there any reason why building x86_64 packages under
>> qemu-system-x86_64 would be a bad idea?  It is a little slow, but it is
>> usable.  Plus, qemu has a curses interface.

> why not using a chroot for this? 
> ok this only works if you have a 64bit machine running.

Right, I don't have 64-bit hardware.  That's the only reason I'm
interested in this approach.

-- Chris