Re: How to build a 32-bit package in Debian?
On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 11:49:17AM +0800, Paul Wise wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Steve M. Robbins <steve@sumost.ca> wrote:
>
> > What is the recommended course of action for such a package?
>
> For now: build on a 32-bit system or in a 32-bit chroot.
>
> Other options in increasing order of preference:
>
> Add deps to ia32-libs.
>
> Add lib32 packages for the deps.
>
> Help fix squeeze RC bugs then start work on multi-arch when the wheezy
> cycle starts.
There's a wonderful thing called "xapt", aka "multi-arch working today".
Sadly, it can't be integrated into build-depends like real multi-arch will
be, but getting all libraries you need is a matter of typing:
# xapt -a pdp11 liblossage1 liblossage-dev
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