how much junk should i have to install for a 32-bit toolchain?

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Sun, 19 Jul 2009, Jonathan Underwood wrote:

> 2009/7/19 Robert P. J. Day <rpjday at crashcourse.ca>:
> [snip]
> > but i'm starting to wonder if this is worth the trouble, how much
> > *more* i?86 content i'll have to dump on this machine and, most
> > importantly, should this be my concern or do i have the right to at
> > least *suggest* that the software providers might consider supplying a
> > 64-bit toolchain to avoid all this nonsense, for the sake of the
> > increasing number of 64-bit systems out there?
>
> I think they're working on porting to 64 bit, but it's a fair bit of
> work.
>
> If you don't like installing so much i386 packages you could
> consider using a mock chroot sandbox, to avoid contaminating" your
> main system.
>
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Extras/MockTricks#Using_mock_as_a_chroot_sandbox_tool

i may just throw 32-bit f11 on via virtualbox and do it all there.

rday
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