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edit post morning coffee: like andyp and dammit sez, a few axle spacers are fine, and I have run bikes like this (even with a few mm rear wheel "offset") without any noticable problems before. I had sprocket and chainring spacers in my mind primarily, which are sometimes-okay and naff respectively.
Best bet to get the right crank/bb for a 42mm chainline, but if you've got a 45mm one handy already, and don't mind trying a setup to see how it works out, howsabout something like this: say you are going to need to space out the rear hub from 120mm to get 130mm OLN right? So, 10 x 1mm plain washer are in order, five on each side, to be located nice and secure behind the threaded spacer nuts. But, clever you puts 8 of them on the non-drive side and 2 on drive side. This gives you 130mm OLN and a theoretical 45mm chainline, with a rear tyre 3mm off centre (only you can decide whether this will keep you awake at night. Or re-dish).
Hopefully I'm not talking poopoo. Cost of spacers - pence. Cost of Phil - pints (and pints)
Worth a tinker on these long dark nights.