> Is true that if I build LFS on 64 bit hardware using a 64 bit host OS
> the result will be a 64-bit-LFS? Is it as simple as that or is there
> more to it?

this is not a bait-and-switch kind of operation. Many packages require
explicit flags or additional patches to enable 64-bit support. Once
the system is built, you'll have a pure 64-bit system; it will not
support any 32-bit applications. A 64-bit system that supports 32-bit
applications is called a multi-lib system. A multi-lib system involves
building almost everything twice, once in 64-bit mode, once in 32-bit
mode. Cross-LFS has some information about that.

But simply digging a bigger hole and filling it with more water does
not make an Olympic-sized swimming pool.
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