Re: FWIW debian/qemu-user-static.README.Debian

[Geert Stappers <stappers@stappers.nl>]

On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 11:33:27PM +0200, Marcus Osdoba wrote:
> Am 30.06.2011 23:15, schrieb Geert Stappers:
> >   When used with binfmt, qemu-user-ARCH-static can be configured to run
> >   a foreign chroot. The qemu-user-ARCH-static binary should be copied
> >   (or better hard linked) into the chroot in /usr/bin. Then the chroot
> >   can be entered and used like a normal chroot.
> Am I missing something? That was already done in polystrap:
> <36073d0c9a389048a7f6a4cd4e9cd28ed1bc32a9>
> # copy qemu usermode binary
> if [ $ARCH != "`dpkg --print-architecture`" ]; then
>         case $ARCH in
> 
> alpha|arm|armeb|i386|m68k|mips|mipsel|ppc64|sh4|sh4eb|sparc|sparc64)
>                 cp `which qemu-$ARCH-static` $ROOTDIR/usr/bin;;
>                 amd64) cp `which qemu-x86_64-static` $ROOTDIR/usr/bin;;
>                 armel) cp `which qemu-arm-static` $ROOTDIR/usr/bin;;
>                 lpia) cp `which qemu-i386-static` $ROOTDIR/usr/bin;;
>                 powerpc) cp `which qemu-ppc-static` $ROOTDIR/usr/bin;;
>                 *) echo "unknown architecture: $ARCH"; exit 1;;
>         esac
> fi
> </36073d0c9a389048a7f6a4cd4e9cd28ed1bc32a9>

You are right, that copying is already done in polystrap.


Stappers
who found meanwhile the variable 'interp_prefix'