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On Sat, Aug 05, 2006 at 02:08:25PM -0700, Richard Fish wrote: |
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> I have an AMD64 desktop/server system (amd64 arch) that I would like |
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> to use for cross-compiling packages for my i686 laptop. The problem |
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> isn't that my laptop is slow, just that I use it for real work, and |
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> pretend work, so I would like to reduce the amount of time and risk |
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> involved in keeping it up to date. |
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I have to admit I have such an environment. Native AMD 64bit machines |
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(Dual Opteron and Athlon X2) with cross devs to i686 for Pentium M |
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machines, and C3 for a VIA epia boards. |
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I do not recall having any issues except: |
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1. OpenSSL required some hack |
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2. Had to make sure to compile kernels with 'make ARCH=...' |
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It may be I have simply not run into any other packages with |
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uname dependencies. |
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Oh wait, there was the ivtv driver. I think they fixed the problem |
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when I complained. |
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What packages are giving you trouble? |
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brian |
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