tags 560834 + patch thanks there are almost no changes needed to cross build dbus. The thing that prevents cross-building are the b-d's needed for the test. however these tests are disabled for the native build as well, so just un-commenting these lets the package cross build.
diff -Nru dbus-1.6.8/debian/changelog dbus-1.6.8/debian/changelog --- dbus-1.6.8/debian/changelog 2012-11-07 15:35:10.000000000 +0100 +++ dbus-1.6.8/debian/changelog 2013-01-07 17:32:07.000000000 +0100 @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +dbus (1.6.8-1ubuntu2) raring; urgency=low + + * The tests are not run diring the build. Configure with --disable-tests, + drop the build dependencies needed for the tests. + + -- Matthias Klose <[email protected]> Mon, 07 Jan 2013 17:03:23 +0100 + dbus (1.6.8-1ubuntu1) raring; urgency=low * Resynchronize on Debian, see 1.6.4-1ubuntu1 and 1.6.4-1ubuntu3 for a diff -Nru dbus-1.6.8/debian/control dbus-1.6.8/debian/control --- dbus-1.6.8/debian/control 2012-11-07 15:25:28.000000000 +0100 +++ dbus-1.6.8/debian/control 2013-01-07 17:29:12.000000000 +0100 @@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ # libsystemd-daemon-dev (>= 32) [linux-any], # libsystemd-login-dev (>= 32) [linux-any], libx11-dev, - python (>= 2.6), - python-dbus, - python-gobject, +# python (>= 2.6), +# python-dbus, +# python-gobject, xmlto, xsltproc Standards-Version: 3.9.3 diff -Nru dbus-1.6.8/debian/rules dbus-1.6.8/debian/rules --- dbus-1.6.8/debian/rules 2012-11-07 15:25:28.000000000 +0100 +++ dbus-1.6.8/debian/rules 2013-01-07 17:37:04.000000000 +0100 @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ LDFLAGS += -Wl,--as-needed + common_configure_flags := \ --disable-silent-rules \ --disable-libaudit \ @@ -22,6 +23,15 @@ --with-systemdsystemunitdir=/lib/systemd/system \ $(NULL) +# the stage stuff isn't needed yet, because the testsuite isn't run by default +#ifeq ($(DEB_STAGE),stage1) +# common_configure_flags += --disable-tests +#else +# debug_configure_flags = --enable-tests +#endif +common_configure_flags += --disable-tests +#debug_configure_flags = --enable-tests + override_dh_auto_configure: dh_auto_configure \ -- \ @@ -35,11 +45,11 @@ --builddirectory=build-debug \ -- \ $(common_configure_flags) \ + $(debug_configure_flags) \ --disable-xml-docs \ --disable-doxygen-docs \ --enable-asserts \ --enable-checks \ - --enable-tests \ --enable-verbose-mode \ --prefix=/usr/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)/dbus-1.0/debug-build \ --libdir='$${prefix}/lib' \
