[plug] Cross Compile i386 .deb package on amd64

Daniel Pittman daniel at rimspace.net
Fri Aug 7 09:48:25 WST 2009


Michael Holland <michael.holland at gmail.com> writes:

> Or you could just run a 32-bit virtual machine to do it.
> That can be very quick to set up. (i386 on amd64)

I am curious to know why you are advocating a virtual machine — by which
I envision something like a KVM or VMWare VM — rather than just using a 32-bit
chroot?

Personally, I can't see anything but drawbacks to the former approach, but
perhaps I am missing something?

Regards,
        Daniel
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