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Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2012 17:42:58 +0100
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Subject: Re: port to package amd64 to i386
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2012-03-05 10:20, Edward M. skrev:
> On 03/05/2012 12:42 AM, Bernt Hansson wrote:
>> Build the port on amd64 and install it on i386 as a package.
>>
>> Is it possible? Pointers? Handholding? How-to?
>
>
> http://filipenf.wordpress.com/2011/10/18/cross-compiling-for-x86-in-freebsd-64-bit/

Thank you for the pointer. I do find it a bit overkill to setup jails 
and such, just to build a few ports. I was thinking more along the line of;

cd /usr/ports/"random port"

make "it for i386 even if we are building it on amd64, ooh by the way 
build it as a package, and all dependencies as packages as well"

Oh man, man ports. But I do not find the flag 
-build-for-another-system-cpu-whatever

Can the ports system be (ab)used in that way?