Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Binary package server questions

2017-02-22 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 22 Feb 2017 21:07:59 Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2017-02-22, Walter Dnes wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 03:39:36PM +, Grant Edwards wrote > > > >> I wasn't proposing that you could easily build 32-bit packages in a > >> 64-bit root (though in theory I think you could). What I

[gentoo-user] Re: Binary package server questions

2017-02-22 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2017-02-22, Walter Dnes wrote: > On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 03:39:36PM +, Grant Edwards wrote > >> I wasn't proposing that you could easily build 32-bit packages in a >> 64-bit root (though in theory I think you could). What I was >> questioning was the assertion that you must reboot into 32-

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Binary package server questions

2017-02-22 Thread Walter Dnes
On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 03:39:36PM +, Grant Edwards wrote > I wasn't proposing that you could easily build 32-bit packages in a > 64-bit root (though in theory I think you could). What I was > questioning was the assertion that you must reboot into 32-bit mode > instead of just chrooting into

[gentoo-user] Re: Binary package server questions

2017-02-22 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2017-02-21, Walter Dnes wrote: > On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 03:50:41PM +, Grant Edwards wrote >> On 2017-02-21, Mick wrote: > >> > You'll need to run in 32bit mode when chrooting of course: >> >> Why? >> >> Is this some odd restriction in portage? >> >> All of the normal development tools

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Binary package server questions

2017-02-21 Thread Walter Dnes
On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 03:50:41PM +, Grant Edwards wrote > On 2017-02-21, Mick wrote: > > You'll need to run in 32bit mode when chrooting of course: > > Why? > > Is this some odd restriction in portage? > > All of the normal development tools are quite capable of buildign > 32-bit binarie

[gentoo-user] Re: Binary package server questions

2017-02-21 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2017-02-21, Mick wrote: > On Tuesday 21 Feb 2017 00:22:51 Neil Bothwick wrote: >> On Mon, 20 Feb 2017 18:34:47 -0500, Walter Dnes wrote: >> > Reading https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Binary_package_guide still leaves >> > >> > me uncertain. I have an ancient 32-bit Atom netbook. I've installed