On 2019-01-05 19:46, Ricardo Wurmus wrote: > Hi swedebugia, > >>>An i686 machine cannot run and build software for x86_64. You would >>>need to set up offloading to do that, or use >>>‘qemu-binfmt-service-type’. > […] >> OK. Would it be OK to state this somewhere in the manual or am I the >> only on trying to upgrade from 32->64 bit? > > I'd prefer not to add this to the manual as it is not particular to > Guix. x86_64 is the outlier here, as it has a i686 persona. Generally, > you cannot build software for a different architecture without a cross > toolchain (not applicable for Guix) or emulation (e.g. via > qemu-binfmt-service-type).
Ok, thanks, closing this. -- Cheers Swedebugia
