2009/10/6 Chris Adams <cmadams@xxxxxxxxxx>: > Once upon a time, Jonathan Ryshpan <jonrysh@xxxxxxxxxxx> said: >> On Fri, 2009-10-02 at 11:00 -0400, Todd Zullinger wrote: >> > You can't build for x86_64 on i386. Doing it the other way around >> > works fine though. >> >> Why not? I thought that cross compilation worked on any two processors >> (within reason). > > Mock doesn't cross-compile, it only runs binaries that can be run > natively on the base system. It just so happens that x86_64 can run > i686 binaries natively, so you can build i686 on x86_64. Since i686 > cannot run x86_64, you can't build x86_64 on i686. And if I install a Fedora x86_64 guest (VirtualBox) with Windows XP 32 bits as host running in a x86_64 processor? Would I be able to build x86_64 rpms? Clodoaldo > -- > Chris Adams <cmadams@xxxxxxxxxx> > Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services > I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble. > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines > -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
