On Tue, 6 Nov 2007 19:35:41 +0100 Mike Hommey <mh@glandium.org> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 01:04:48PM +0000, Neil Williams wrote: > > > > The most common change is simply to retrieve the cross-building > > metadata from dpkg-architecture in debian/rules: > > http://wiki.debian.org/EmdebianGuide > > > > DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE=$(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE) > > DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE=$(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE) > > > > Depending on whether the package uses ./configure: > > ifneq ($(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE),$(DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE)) > > CROSS= --build $(DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE) --host $(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE) > > else > > CROSS= > > endif > > Shouldn't packages be using these --build and --host arguments already > even if not cross-building ? No. There is no need to specify --build and --host if not cross-compiling. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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