Bug#580481: dpkg-cross: please blacklist debconf, libc-bin, libc-dev-bin, debconf-2.0

[Hector Oron <zumbi@debian.org>]

Package: dpkg-cross
Version: 2.5.6
Severity: wishlist


Hello,

  Later libc6 dependencies make dpkg-cross to fail on dependency mangling:

$ apt-cross -a armel -S unstable -m http://ftp.es.debian.org/debian -u
$ apt-cross -a armel -S unstable -m http://ftp.es.debian.org/debian -b libc6
$ dpkg -e libc6-armel-cross_2.10.2-7_all.deb
$ cat DEBIAN/control 
Package: libc6-armel-cross
Version: 2.10.2-7
Section: devel
Priority: extra
Architecture: all
Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers <debian-glibc@lists.debian.org>
Source: eglibc
Provides: glibc-2.10-1-armel-cross, libc6-armel-dcv1
Depends: libc-bin-armel-cross (= 2.10.2-7), debconf-armel-cross (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0-armel-cross, libgcc1-armel-cross
Conflicts: tzdata-etch-armel-cross
Description: Embedded GNU C Library: Shared libraries (for cross-compiling)
 This package was generated by dpkg-cross for cross compiling.
 .
 Contains the standard libraries that are used by nearly all programs on
 the system. This package includes shared versions of the standard C library
 and the standard math library, as well as many others.


At the moment thanks to exclude option this can be easily handled, but those dependencies might be nice to blacklist them if appropiate.

Cheers

-- Package-specific info:

-- (/etc/dpkg-cross/cross-compile not submitted) --


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-4-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=ca_AD.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ca_AD.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages dpkg-cross depends on:
ii  binutils-multiarch            2.20.1-8   Binary utilities that support mult
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]         1.5.28     Debian configuration management sy
ii  dpkg-dev                      1.15.5.6   Debian package development tools
ii  libconfig-auto-perl           0.20-2     Magical config file parser
ii  libdebian-dpkgcross-perl      2.5.6      functions to aid cross-compiling D
ii  perl                          5.10.1-11  Larry Wall's Practical Extraction 

Versions of packages dpkg-cross recommends:
ii  fakeroot                      1.14.4-1   Gives a fake root environment

dpkg-cross suggests no packages.

-- debconf information:
  dpkg-cross/default-arch: None