Re: [PATCH 1/1] deb-pkg: fix cross-compile build

[Robert Gordon]

On 5/5/11 11:23 AM, Robert Gordon wrote:
> On 5/5/11 10:10 AM, Nuno Subtil wrote:
> > This patch is not meant to fix that case, only the case where
> > KBUILD_DEBARCH is used.
> >
> > KBUILD_DEBARCH seems to be meant to be used as an override for what
> > Debian wants to see as the target architecture. Arguably, the right
> > thing to do here might be to do the same arch detection sequence
> > that's done in create_package(), which looks at UTS_MACHINE first and
> > the KBUILD_DEBARCH override after that (though I'm not entirely sure).
> >
> > This patch only adds the KBUILD_DEBARCH override, but that is still
> > better than the current situation. I can easily get the rest in later
> > if needed.
> >
> > Nuno
> >
> > On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 08:42, Robert Gordon
> > <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On 05/05/2011 02:07 AM, maximilian attems wrote:
> > > > On Wed, May 04, 2011 at 10:48:07PM +0200, Michal Marek wrote:
> > > > > Adding Maks to CC.
> > > > thanks, this one looks, good please disguard the other patch.
> > > >
> > > > > On Tue, May 03, 2011 at 10:59:10PM -0700, Nuno Subtil wrote:
> > > > > > When generating the header package, scripts/package/builddeb was
> > > > > > inferring the
> > > > > > target architecture by looking at the output of dpkg
> > > > > > --print-architecture. This
> > > > > > allows KBUILD_DEBARCH to override that.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Signed-off-by: Nuno Subtil<subtil@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Acked-by: maximilian attems<max@xxxxxxx>
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> > > Greetings,
> > >
> > > Compile breaks when using the following command:
> > > fakeroot make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabi- deb-pkg
> > >
> > > With 'set -x' in scripts/package/builddeb, the relevant output is:
> > > + '[' -n '' ']'
> > > ++ dpkg --print-architecture
> > > + arch=i386
> > > This indicates that KBUILD_DEBARCH is not set.
> > >
> > > The debian/control file is written with the following section:
> > > Package: linux-headers-2.6.39-rc5+
> > > Provides: linux-headers, linux-headers-2.6
> > > Architecture: i386
> > > Description: Linux kernel headers for 2.6.39-rc5+ on i386
> > > This package provides kernel header files for 2.6.39-rc5+ on i386
> > >
> > > This produces the following error output:
> > > + forcearch=-DArchitecture=armel
> > > + dpkg-gencontrol -isp -DArchitecture=armel
> > > -plinux-headers-2.6.39-rc5+ -P/opt/kernel-linus/linux-2.6/debian/hdrtmp
> > > dpkg-gencontrol: error: current host architecture 'armel' does not
> > > appear in package's architecture list (i386)
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Robert
> Nuno,
> Thanks for the response. I am very new at this process, but I am trying
> to learn. Yesterday, I submitted a patch that was intended to address
> the same issue that you have addressed. I did what you are suggesting by
> mimicking what is done in create_package(), but leaving i386/x86_64
> untouched. Here is the subject of the patch I sent:
>
> [PATCH] kbuild, deb-pkg: set host machine $arch correctly when
> cross-compiling or not
>
> Please advise if I should resend.
>
> Regards,
> Robert
>
> -- *
> *

Apologies, resending because messages were rejected by the mailing lists 
(probably due to html) - Robert

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