12-16-2007
Just for the sake of saying so: You know you shouldn't be installing from source on RPM based distros, right? The proper way to do this for them is to create RPMs. If you're going to be running them on multiple platforms, just create a src.rpm, then "rpmbuild --rebuild thepackage" on each platform you need, or "rpmbuild --rebuild --target i386 thepackage" from your 64-bit system.
Next, why would you want to create 32-bit objects on a 64-bit platform? Wouldn't it make more sense to create them on a 32-bit platform? If you don't want to go through the hassle of setting up a 32 bit system, just use the installation CD for Gentoo as that should have everything you need. Also, if you're going to insist on installing things from source, I'd recommend you just go ahead and switch to Gentoo anyway.
To answer your question: Doesn't gcc create 32-bit when you do "--target=i386"?
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SETARCH(8) System Administration SETARCH(8)
NAME
setarch - change reported architecture in new program environment and set personality flags
SYNOPSIS
setarch arch [options] [program [arguments]]
arch [options] [program [arguments]]
DESCRIPTION
setarch This utility currently only affects the output of uname -m. For example, on an AMD64 system, running 'setarch i386 program' will
cause 'program' to see i686 (or other relevant arch) instead of x86_64 as machine type. It also allows to set various personality options.
The default program is /bin/sh.
OPTIONS
-v, --verbose
Be verbose.
-h, --help
Display help (it is also displayed when setarch takes no arguments).
--uname-2.6
Causes the program to see a kernel version number beginning with 2.6.
-3, --3gb
Specifies that processes should use a maximum of 3GB of address space on systems where it is supported (ADDR_LIMIT_3GB).
-B, --32bit
Turns on ADDR_LIMIT_32BIT.
-F, --fdpic-funcptrs
Userspace function pointers point to descriptors (turns on FDPIC_FUNCPTRS).
-I, --short-inode
Turns on SHORT_INODE.
-L, --addr-compat-layout
Changes the way virtual memory is allocated (turns on the ADDR_COMPAT_LAYOUT).
-R, --addr-no-randomize
Disables randomization of the virtual address space (turns on ADDR_NO_RANDOMIZE).
-S, --whole-seconds
Turns on WHOLE_SECONDS.
-T, --sticky-timeouts
Turns on STICKY_TIMEOUTS.
-X --read-implies-exec
Turns on READ_IMPLIES_EXEC.
-Z, mmap-page-zero
Turns on MMAP_PAGE_ZERO.
EXAMPLES
setarch ppc32 rpmbuild --target=ppc --rebuild foo.src.rpm
setarch ppc32 -v -vL3 rpmbuild --target=ppc --rebuild bar.src.rpm
setarch ppc32 --32bit rpmbuild --target=ppc --rebuild foo.src.rpm
AUTHOR
Elliot Lee <sopwith@redhat.com>
Jindrich Novy <jnovy@redhat.com>
AVAILABILITY
The setarch command is part of the util-linux package and is available from ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.
util-linux June 2007 SETARCH(8)