why do you think this a bug in gcc-snapshot? dpkg-architecture flags this as a warning. shouldn't it be dpkg's responsibility to map between i386-linux and i486-linux-gnu. The gcc system type does not have to match the gnu system type.
Kamaraju Kusumanchi writes: > Package: gcc-snapshot > Version: 20050319-1 > Severity: normal > > > While building mpich2 from sources using gcc-snapshot, I am getting the > following warnings. > > dpkg-architecture: warning: Unknown gcc system type i486-linux-gnu, > falling back to default (native compilation) > dpkg-architecture: warning: Specified GNU system type i386-linux does > not match gcc system type i486-linux-gnu. > > To reproduce the problem > > 1) > > LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH > > PATH=/usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/bin:$PATH > > 2) > wget \ > http://torvalds.cs.mtsu.edu/~zach/debian/1.0.1/libmpich2-1.0_1.0.1-4_i386.deb > \ > http://torvalds.cs.mtsu.edu/~zach/debian/1.0.1/mpich2-dev_1.0.1-4_i386.deb \ > http://torvalds.cs.mtsu.edu/~zach/debian/1.0.1/mpich2-doc_1.0.1-4_i386.deb \ > http://torvalds.cs.mtsu.edu/~zach/debian/1.0.1/mpich2-mpd_1.0.1-4_i386.deb \ > http://torvalds.cs.mtsu.edu/~zach/debian/1.0.1/mpich2-mpe_1.0.1-4_i386.deb \ > http://torvalds.cs.mtsu.edu/~zach/debian/1.0.1/mpich2_1.0.1-4.diff.gz \ > http://torvalds.cs.mtsu.edu/~zach/debian/1.0.1/mpich2_1.0.1-4.dsc \ > http://torvalds.cs.mtsu.edu/~zach/debian/1.0.1/mpich2_1.0.1-4_i386.changes \ > http://torvalds.cs.mtsu.edu/~zach/debian/1.0.1/mpich2_1.0.1-4_i386.deb \ > http://torvalds.cs.mtsu.edu/~zach/debian/1.0.1/mpich2_1.0.1.orig.tar.gz > > 3) dpkg-source -x mpich2_1.0.1-4.dsc > > 4) cd mpich2-1.0.1/ > > 5) dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot > > At this point there will be warnings as follows: > dpkg-architecture: warning: Unknown gcc system type i486-linux-gnu, falling > back to default (native compilation) > dpkg-architecture: warning: Specified GNU system type i386-linux does not > matchgcc system type i486-linux-gnu. > dpkg-architecture: warning: Unknown gcc system type i486-linux-gnu, falling > back to default (native compilation) > dpkg-architecture: warning: Specified GNU system type i386-linux does not > matchgcc system type i486-linux-gnu. > dpkg-buildpackage: host architecture is i386 > dpkg-architecture: warning: Unknown gcc system type i486-linux-gnu, falling > back to default (native compilation) > dpkg-architecture: warning: Specified GNU system type i386-linux does not > matchgcc system type i486-linux-gnu. > dpkg-architecture: warning: Unknown gcc system type i486-linux-gnu, falling > back to default (native compilation) > dpkg-architecture: warning: Specified GNU system type i386-linux does not > matchgcc system type i486-linux-gnu. > fakeroot debian/rules clean > dh_testdir > dh_testroot > > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: 3.1 > APT prefers unstable > APT policy: (500, 'unstable') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > Kernel: Linux 2.6.9-1-686 > Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1) > > Versions of packages gcc-snapshot depends on: > ii binutils 2.15-5 The GNU assembler, linker and > bina > ii libart-2.0-2 2.3.16-6 Library of functions for 2D > graphi > ii libatk1.0-0 1.8.0-3 The ATK accessibility toolkit > ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries > an > ii libc6-dev 2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Development > Librari > ii libglib2.0-0 2.6.3-1 The GLib library of C routines > ii libgmp3 4.1.4-1 Multiprecision arithmetic library > ii libgtk2.0-0 2.6.2-4 The GTK+ graphical user > interface > ii libpango1.0-0 1.8.1-1 Layout and rendering of > internatio > ii libxtst6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-8 X Window System event recording > an > ii xlibs 4.3.0.dfsg.1-8 X Window System client libraries > m > ii zlib1g 1:1.2.2-4 compression library - runtime > > -- no debconf information > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]