apt-cross 0.0.1 in svn

[Neil Williams <linux@codehelp.co.uk>]

OK, Wookey's cross-get code has morphed into a perl script with apt  
functionality and a dpkg-cross interface.

It's in emdebian svn under tools/apt-cross

The actual packaging needs a few tweaks and the script may well have  
bugs, so please test and report.

From the help output (mangled slightly by line wrapping in the email  
client)

Usage:
 apt-cross [-a|--arch ARCH] [-S|--suite SUITE] [-m|--mirror MIRROR]  
--install|-i <packages...>
 apt-cross [-a|--arch ARCH] [-S|--suite SUITE] [-m|--mirror MIRROR]  
--build|-b <packages...>
 apt-cross [-a|--arch ARCH] [-S|--suite SUITE] [-m|--mirror MIRROR]  
--get|-g <packages...>
 apt-cross [--remove|--purge|-r] <packages...>
 apt-cross [--status|-s] <packages...>
 apt-cross [--list|-l] <packages...>
 apt-cross [--list-files|-L] <packages...>
 apt-cross [--update|-u]

Options:
 -a|--arch ARCH:      set architecture (default: defined in  
configuration file)
 -S|--suite SUITE:    set the Debian suite (stable, testing, unstable  
[default])
 -m|--mirror MIRROR:  set the Debian mirror to use to retrieve packages
                      (default: first usable mirror in  
/etc/apt/sources.list)
 -v|--verbose:        be verbose
 -q|--quiet:          be quiet

apt-cross provides apt functionality for cross-building via dpkg-cross.
By default, apt-cross uses your /etc/apt/sources.list to find the  
latest debian package file for the architecture specified (default is  
arm) and in the suite specified (default is unstable). Alternatively,  
you can specify a different mirror. Downloaded files can be passed  
directly to dpkg-cross using the -b or -i commands to apt-cross. If the  
local file is missing or out of date, a new one will be downloaded  
automatically - if this fails, use apt-cross --update to force  
apt-cross to update the cache.

apt-cross --install and apt-cross --update require root privileges or  
sudo.

Note that apt-cross is separate from emdebian-tools or any of the other  
scripts I am developing - it's a standalone utility and I expect to  
upload it to Debian main in due course (although it's not intended for  
Etch).

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Neil Williams
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