Docs: add example of multi-arch within same install tree

lovell · Jun 10, 2022 · b10d8f8 · b10d8f8
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@@ -98,6 +98,14 @@ use the following flags:
 npm install --arch=x64 --platform=linux --libc=glibc sharp
 ```
 
+Multiple platforms and architectures can be supported within the same installation tree.
+The following example for macOS installs x64 binaries then adds (via a rebuild) arm64 binaries:
+
+```sh
+npm install --platform=darwin --arch=x64 sharp
+npm rebuild --platform=darwin --arch=arm64 sharp
+```
+
 ## Custom libvips
 
 To use a custom, globally-installed version of libvips instead of the provided binaries,