On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 01:04:48PM +0000, Neil Williams wrote: > Emdebian has currently built 91 Debian source packages in the > preparation of the basic root filesystem and other testing of the > toolset. All of those have involved some level of patches to support > cross-building with CDBS packages needing the least.
Which is FUD, insomuch as CDBS only handles cross-building for packages that use GNU autoconf and many cross-building fixes require patching upstream code. > This thread will discuss the type of changes that are needed, which > packages are affected and how these bugs will be identified. If you want that to be what the thread is about, kindly don't lead into it with trolling about CDBS. > I would recommend every maintainer of a compiled package to consider > adding this basic level of cross-building support if it does not exist > already. I agree. If nothing else, this is relevant because packages which use autoconf may otherwise mis-optimize for targets other than the default target for each of our given architectures when not explicitly told the system type using the dpkg-architecture information. > Note that CDBS is inherently *easier* to crossbuild than any other > build system in Debian. Only one change is necessary: > DEB_CONFIGURE_SCRIPT_ENV := Note that this is an inherently *non-obvious* change to have to make to support cross-building, which is why the opacity of CDBS makes it an incredibly sucky system if you want maintainers who are actually able to reason about what their packages are doing. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
