Bug#339716: kbd-chooser: FTBFS (ppc64): Please support the ppc64 architecture

[Andreas Jochens <aj@andaco.de>]

On 05-Nov-18 14:26, Sven Luther wrote:
> > Yes, for the 'unstable' and 'etch' distributions this works with 
> > the '--arch ppc64' option:
> > 
> > debootstrap  --arch ppc64  sid ppc64.chroot \
> >  http://debian-ppc64.alioth.debian.org/gcc4
> 
> How would that work, since debootstrap cannot run the postinst scripts (if
> they call non-binary-all stuff that is), so i suppose there are some serious
> restrictions on the --arch option ?

When a 64bit powerpc64 kernel is running, debootstrap can execute 64bit 
ppc64 binaries inside the chroot without any problems.

> > Of course a 64bit kernel is necessary for this.
> 
> What if i want to cross instal from let's say x86 to powerpc64 ? 

This is not possible. 'debootstrap' needs to be able to
execute native binaries inside the target chroot environment.

You can cross install from i386 to amd64 and vice versa if you run a 
64bit amd64 kernel, and you can cross install from powerpc to ppc64 and 
vice versa if you run a ppc64 kernel.

Regards
Andreas Jochens