Monthly Archives: November 2006

Using qemu to build AMD64 x86_64 packages on legacy build host

Presently, I now need to support a Ubuntu x86_64 environment. Several internal Debian packages I have must now be deployed onto the 64-bit, split lib Ubuntu environment. Sadly, I have no 64-bit build host presently. Fortunately, QEMU provides a solution.
QEMU is best explained by quoting from the QEMU project pages.

QEMU is a [...]

The Feisty Fawn

[leeta]: I have yet to go shopping without gouging my eyes baby we can egearly await the feisty fawn!
[JasonBoxatWork]: leeta: Don’t hurt yourself poking your eyes out, love
[leeta]: You’re kidding! I had no idea!