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On Monday 18 February 2008, Mark Moellering wrote:
> Is there a way to compile the 32 bit version (i386) of a port on an amd64
> installation?  I am running FreeBSD 7.0 RC2 amd64
>
> Thanks
>
> Mark Moellering

The only way I know of is to create a 32bit jail/chroot and compile the port 
from withing the jail. To create such a jail or chroot follow the 
instructions from the jail(8) manpage, but add TARGET_ARCH=i386 to make's 
command line.

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Pieter de Goeje