Re: [PATCH] binutils: slind modifications

["Nikita V. Youshchenko" <yoush@debian.org>]

> On 4/27/06, Nikita V. Youshchenko <yoush@debian.org> wrote:
> > > --- /dev/null 2006-04-06 17:49:18.425220240 +0400
> > > +++ binutils/debian/cross.postinst.in 2006-04-26 18:04:12.000000000
> > > +0400 @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
> > > +#!/bin/sh
> > > +
> > > +#set -e
> > > +
> > > +TARGET="__TARGET__"
> > > +PREFIX="__PREFIX__"
> > > +CONFIG="/etc/dpkg-cross/crosstools"
> > > +if [ ! -d "$CONFIG" ]; then
> > > +     echo "No dpkg-cross found"
> > > +     exit 0
> > > +fi
> > > +
> > > +grep "^$TARGET" $CONFIG > /dev/null 2>&1
> > > +
> > > +if [ "$1" == "configure" -a $? -ne 0 ]; then
> > > +    echo "$TARGET strip default $PREFIX-strip" >> $CONFIG
> > > +fi
> >
> > What for is this?
> > Shouldn't dpkg-cross find needed strip binary automatically?
>
> It fails at least for some cases and this forces correct strip tool
> for a given architecture.

With your approach, it will fail if dpkg-cross is installed later than 
cross-binutils.
Maybe better to fix dpkg-cross? Do you have test cases that fail?