Forcefully set the right gyp variables for 32-bit Linux builds.

build/common.gypi

 # Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 # found in the LICENSE file.
 
 # IMPORTANT:
 # Please don't directly include this file if you are building via gyp_chromium,
 # since gyp_chromium is automatically forcing its inclusion.
 {
   # Variables expected to be overriden on the GYP command line (-D) or by
   # ~/.gyp/include.gypi.
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             'nacl_untrusted_build%': 0,
             'use_allocator%': 'none',
           }],
           ['OS=="linux" and target_arch=="mipsel"', {
             'sysroot%': '<(sysroot)',
             'CXX%': '<(CXX)',
           }],
           # Use a 64-bit linker to avoid running out of address space. The
           # buildbots should have a 64-bit kernel and a 64-bit libc installed.
           ['host_arch=="ia32" and target_arch=="ia32"', {
+            # TODO(thestig) This is a horrible way to force the desired
+            # configuration. Our gyp variable scoping is likely wrong and
+            # needs to be cleaned up. The GN configuration should be changed
+            # to match.
+            'binutils_version%': 224,
+            'linux_use_bundled_binutils%': '1',
             'linux_use_bundled_gold%': '1',
             'binutils_dir%': 'third_party/binutils/Linux_x64/Release/bin',
           }],
           # All Chrome builds have breakpad symbols, but only process the
           # symbols from official builds.
           ['(branding=="Chrome" and buildtype=="Official")', {
             'linux_dump_symbols%': 1,
 
             # Omit unwind support in official release builds to save space. We
             # can use breakpad for these builds.
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     # settings in target dicts.  SYMROOT is a special case, because many other
     # Xcode variables depend on it, including variables such as
     # PROJECT_DERIVED_FILE_DIR.  When a source group corresponding to something
     # like PROJECT_DERIVED_FILE_DIR is added to a project, in order for the
     # files to appear (when present) in the UI as actual files and not red
     # red "missing file" proxies, the correct path to PROJECT_DERIVED_FILE_DIR,
     # and therefore SYMROOT, needs to be set at the project level.
     'SYMROOT': '<(DEPTH)/xcodebuild',
   },
 }