Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 05 May 2011 11:34:07 -0700 | From | Robert Gordon <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/1] deb-pkg: fix cross-compile build |
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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@greenroomsoftware.com> 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@gmail.com> >>>> Acked-by: maximilian attems<max@stro.at> >>>> -- >>>> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe >>>> linux-kbuild" in >>>> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >>>> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >>> 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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