Bug#333599: apt: Please add big-endian arm (armeb) support

[Michael Vogt <mvogt@acm.org>]

On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 04:35:02PM +0100, Lennert Buytenhek wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 11:26:38AM +0200, Michael Vogt wrote:
> > > The attached patch adds support for the armeb architecture to apt.
> > I added it to my apt--mvo--0 baz archive and it will be part of the
> > next upload.
> 
> I'm very sorry, but I submitted the wrong patch, and apt still detects
> a big-endian ARM system as a little-endian one.  The attached patch is
> on top of the current apt version in sid and has been verified to fix
> the issue.
> 
> The "arm" and "armv[345].*l" cpu types are little-endian, while "armeb"
> and "armv[456].*b" are big-endian ones, so matching big-endian cpus with
> arm.*b in archtable is correct.  Furthermore, in sizetable, armeb has to
> come before arm because otherwise configure still chooses the wrong
> endianity.

Thanks for the patch. I'll include it into my repository and it will
be part of the next regular upload. I'm traveling back home right now
and I'll do a new upload very soon.

Cheers,
 Michael

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