Re: Bypassing the 2/3/4GB virtual memory space on 32-bit ports

On Thu, 2019-08-08 at 22:38 +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
[...]
> 1) Build a 64-bit compiler targeting the 32-bit corresponding
>    architecture and install it in the 32-bit chroot with the other
>    64-bit dependencies. This is still a kind of cross-compiler, but the
>    rest of the build is unchanged and the testsuite can be run. I guess
>    it *might* be something acceptable. release-team, could you please
>    confirm?
>    
>    In the past it would have been enough to "just" do that for GCC, but
>    nowadays, it will also be needed for rustc, clang and many more. The
>    clang case is interesting as it is already a cross-compiler
>    supporting all the architectures, but it default to the native
>    target. I wonder if we should make mandatory the "-target" option,
>    just like we do not call "gcc" anymore but instead "$(triplet)-gcc".
>    Alternatively instead of creating new packages, we might just want
>    to use the corresponding multiarch 64-bit package and use a wrapper
>    to change the native target, ie passing -m32 to gcc or -target to
>    clang.
[...]
> Any comments, ideas, or help here?
[...]

1a. Require 32-bit build environments to be multiarch with the
    related 64-bit architecture also enabled.

Ben.

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Ben Hutchings
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                                                    - Carolyn Scheppner

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