Resurrect discussion: Mixing 32 and 64 bit distro

[Corinna Vinschen]

On Feb 17 17:40, Earnie Boyd wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 3:09 PM, Reini Urban wrote:
> > I can only maintain 32bit packages as I have no w64.
> > I doubt that most packages have both.
> >
> 
> You could always do the cross build approach; you just won't have the
> ability to test both packages.

As for testing, if you have a 64 bit Linux available, you can just run
an evaluation version of 64 bit Windows 8, Windows 2008 R2 or Windows
2012 in a KVM:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/evalcenter/hh699156.aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/dd459137.aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/evalcenter/hh670538.aspx
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948472


HTH,
Corinna

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