On 01/25/2014 12:25 AM, David C. Rankin wrote: > All, > > I have built all x86_64 packages in an archroot on my x86_64 box. I would like > to set up and i686 archroot on the same box to build the i686 packages on the > same box due to build times dropping from about 8 hours on i686 to less than 3 > on the x86_64 box. I am unclear how best to do it -- or if it is doable. > > I've read https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch64_FAQ about multilib with > ~/.makepkg.i686.conf and a true linux32 chroot setup, but none of those are > specific to the archroot setup. Both seem like they would work, but don't know > if they are the right choice for build the 110 packages TDE requires. I would > like to do this in an archroot if possible. > > I use the "Classic Way" of handling the build specified in > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/DeveloperWiki:Building_in_a_Clean_Chroot. > All dependency packages are installed in the rw layer of the chroot with the > first package built, a [local] repo is created under $CHROOT/root/repo, and as > packages are built, they are installed, the resulting package is copied to > $CHROOT/root/repo, and the repo index is updated with repo-add, and the process > repeats with the next package until the build of TDE is complete. (that chroot > is usually used to finish and tweaks needed for that set of package, then > deleted and a new archroot created for the next major set of updates) > > It seems like setting up another archroot, and installing multilib would allow > an archroot to work, but how would you tell makechrootpkg to build the i686 > version instead of the x86_64 version. I don't want to have to modify the > PKGBUILDs or do a significant re-write of the build script that automates the > build, but if it is as simple as changing the makechrootpkg call, that would be > a simple config-file fix. > > How best to handle this? (or just use the old i686 box and run it overnight?) > I've found: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Building_32-bit_packages_on_a_64-bit_system. I'll setup another chroot configured as suggested and build as usual in the i686 chroot. If there are any additional pointers of gotchas, please let me know. Thanks. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
