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From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
Subject: bug#33841: Building x86-64 on i686 not possible it seems -
	activation-service-error
Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2019 04:46:09 +0100
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Hi swedebugia,

>>An i686 machine cannot run and build software for x86_64.  You would
>>need to set up offloading to do that, or use
>>=E2=80=98qemu-binfmt-service-type=E2=80=99.
[=E2=80=A6]
> OK. Would it be OK to state this somewhere in the manual or am I the
> only on trying to upgrade from 32->64 bit?

I'd prefer not to add this to the manual as it is not particular to
Guix.  x86_64 is the outlier here, as it has a i686 persona.  Generally,
you cannot build software for a different architecture without a cross
toolchain (not applicable for Guix) or emulation (e.g. via
qemu-binfmt-service-type).

--
Ricardo