On Mon, 2007-04-23 at 22:41 +0200, Hans de Goede wrote: > > > > That's only true if the world revolves around developing packages. If > > I'm a software developer writing and testing software, it works quite > > nicely. I have a checkout of anaconda, I run make and it builds for > > x86_64. If I have a need to test something or see something on i386, I > > just have to ensure that -m32 is in my CFLAGS/LDFLAGS and can use the > > same environment. And then copy over the shared object into where I'm > > testing or whatever happens to be needed for that case. > > > > And the above holds true for a *LOT* of software. If I'm using > > something with pkg-config, I have to also set its appropriate > > environment variable. And similarly pass the right args to configure > > for autofoolery. > > > > Have you actually tried this? I agree that if you've software with a simple > straight forward makefile then it might work, and thus that it could work for > software you develop yourself. But it doesn't hold true for a *LOT* of software. Sounds like bugs in that software to me... josh -- Fedora-maintainers mailing list Fedora-maintainers@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-maintainers -- Fedora-maintainers-readonly mailing list Fedora-maintainers-readonly@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-maintainers-readonly
