Hi, 2009/12/15 Peter Pentchev <r...@ringlet.net>: > On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 02:46:28AM +0100, Hector Oron wrote: > Maybe I'm being a bit stupid here (happens to me all the time, > really :)), but I just don't see what is wrong with a rules file > like this. Could you please explain a bit further what you think > needs changing? If you mean the --build and --host arguments to > the GNU configure script, well, debhelper 7's dh_auto_configure > program provides them when needed, so that the DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE / > DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE logic no longer has to be duplicated in all > the rules files all across the Debian archive :) If you mean > something else... what is it, I honestly do not understand?
I am stupid too :-) I did not know about this handling which i was refering to do manually. But package, in case you care, does not configure cross compiling fine but detects the cross compiler :) checking build system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu checking host system type... arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi checking target system type... arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi checking for arm-linux-gnueabi-cc... no checking for arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc... arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out checking whether the C compiler works... yes checking whether we are cross compiling... yes checking for suffix of executables... checking for suffix of object files... o checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes checking whether arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc accepts -g... yes checking for arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed checking for C/C++ restrict keyword... __restrict checking for inline... inline checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking for rm... /bin/rm checking whether arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc supports -m64... configure: error: in `/home/zumbi/WORKSPACE/test_debs/mbuffer-20091122': configure: error: cannot run test program while cross compiling See `config.log' for more details. dh_auto_configure: ./configure returned exit code 1 make[1]: *** [override_dh_auto_configure] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/zumbi/SCM/SVN/K2M-BLOCKSAT/HectorOron/test_debs/mbuffer-20091122' make: *** [build] Error 2 dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules build gave error exit status 2 > And once again, thanks for your time in reviewing mbuffer! Thanks to you for sharing mbuffer with us! :-) -- Héctor Orón "Our Sun unleashes tremendous flares expelling hot gas into the Solar System, which one day will disconnect us." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org