Re: Cross build application for RISC-V architecture

[Alexander Barth <alexander.b4rth@gmail.com>]

I am using the distribution sid inside my container. The container
runs on a x86_64 host.

apt-cache policy returns the same version of the libbsd-dev package
for both ports, i.e. amd64 and riscv64.


Am Fr., 11. Feb. 2022 um 16:18 Uhr schrieb John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
<glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de>:
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> On Feb 11, 2022, at 4:06 PM, Alexander Barth <alexander.b4rth@gmail.com> wrote:
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> I am using Debian's development distribution sid in a docker container to cross build my application for the RISC-V architecture on a x64 host.
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> Some libraries, e.g. libbsd-dev:riscv64, are required to cross build my application.
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> To that end, here's what I did:
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> 1. Add 'deb http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports/ sid main' to /etc/apt/sources.list.
> 2. wget -O - https://www.ports.debian.org/archive_2022.key | apt-key add -
> 3. dpkg --add-architecture riscv64
> 4. apt update
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> However, it is not possible to install the package 'libbsd-dev:riscv64':
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> What distribution are you using inside the container? Keep in mind that cross-installing packages from a different architecture requires them to be the same version.
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> And since Debian Ports supports the unstable distribution only, you have to use unstable for cross-compilation as well.
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> Adrian