[TriLUG] Fedora Respin (i386/i686)

[Brian Weaver via TriLUG]

Kind of what I figured. I guess I'll keep searching for other options. I'm
stuck in a "can't get there from here". More I can't say for internal
political reasons.

On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 12:37 PM, Brian via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:

> On 05/02/2018 12:04 PM, Brian Weaver via TriLUG wrote:
>
>> So I know Fedora Core 27/28 is only built for x86_64 now. Does anyone have
>> any good idea of the level of difficulty that would be required to
>> "respin"
>> an i386/i686 version.
>>
>> I know it's probably not worth the effort, if even possible. However I
>> have
>> some old hardware and acquiring new hardware is, well, not bloody likely.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
> Another Brian!  We are legion.
>
> Anyway, your path of least pain is probably to find installation images
> for a release which still supports x86.  I'm almost certain your time is
> worth more than what you'd be willing to spend recompiling absolutely
> everything for 32 bits (not to mention the bits and pieces that simply
> won't compile in 32 bits).
>
> Generally dropping 32-bit support means the source code itself is shaped
> in such a way as to require 64-bit architecture, so trying to recompile for
> 32 bits would be a fool's errand (otherwise the maintainers would still
> build a 32-bit version).
>
> Good luck!
> -Brian
>
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