On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 2:35 PM, Adam Williamson <awilliam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > it's worth noting a 'cleaner' way to do this than messing up your main > system with 32-bit packages is to use mock: you can use mock -r > fedora-16-i386 --shell to give yourself interactive access to a nice > clean 32-bit buildroot, then install all the devel packages and > compilers you need, and build your code. Might not be what you want, but > I thought it was worth mentioning. I don't think yum will run inside the chroot by default so make sure you install everything you need on the front end. I usually do it like this (some steps may be able to be combined, but it works, so I haven't experimented). mock -r <config> --init mock -r <config> --install <packages to install> mock -r <config> --shell The first two lines are also useful if you run into a situation where you're working on a review request which has dependencies that are not in the repos yet (i.e., may also be under review). Richard -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel