[GHC] #9421: Problems and workarounds when installing and using a 32bit GHC on 64bit Linux machine

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#9421: Problems and workarounds when installing and using a 32bit GHC on 64bit
Linux machine
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              Reporter:              |            Owner:  MikolajKonarski
  MikolajKonarski                    |           Status:  new
                  Type:  bug         |        Milestone:
              Priority:  normal      |          Version:  7.8.3
             Component:  Compiler    |         Keywords:
            Resolution:              |     Architecture:  x86_64 (amd64)
      Operating System:  Linux       |       Difficulty:  Unknown
       Type of failure:  Installing  |       Blocked By:  6086
  GHC failed                         |  Related Tickets:
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Comment (by rwbarton):

 Hi Mikolaj, thanks so much for your work on this!

 Could you clarify in the very nice wiki page you have created that these
 instructions pertain to installing the x86 binary distribution on x86_64
 systems? Another possible approach is to build one's own x86_64-to-x86
 cross-compiler and cross-compiled x86 compiler from source, following the
 general directions at Building/CrossCompiling. This currently also works
 fairly well, though I haven't tested it as thoroughly as you have tested
 running the x86 binary distribution on x86_64.

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