Once upon a time, Callum Lerwick <seg@xxxxxxxxxx> said: > But _I_ _do_ _not_ _have_ _to_ _do_ _this_ _for_ _Win32_ _or_ _mipsel_. > Why is i386 special? When you compile for Win32, you are using a cross-compiler environment. Everything about it is different; different includes, compilers, libraries, etc. Now, Linux/i386 could be set up that way on Linux/x86_64, but that would require rebuilding the development stack for cross-compilation (different compilers, development packages, etc.). This is not the same as multilib (which allows i386 and x86_64 binaries to co-exist). Nobody is interested in putting that much work into that setup, especially when you can just use mock (since i386 binaries can run natively on x86_64). What is wrong with using mock? It takes a little more disk space, and you have the one-time hit of creating the root, but then it runs just fine. Mock isn't just for building RPMs; with copyin, copyout, and shell, you can use it for all kinds of work. -- Chris Adams <cmadams@xxxxxxxxxx> Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
