Package: apt Version: 0.5.14 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Hi,
I just tried to cross compile an apt package for powerpc using dpkg-cross. It works fine, after a few tweaks that are dpkg-cross related, except for one thing in the autoconf part. It fails to find the glibc version, because this is determined by trying to execute a cross compiled program in buildlib/tools.m4. The following patch to buildlib/tools.m4 fixes it: 93a94 > AC_CACHE_VAL(ac_cv_glibc_ver, 105c106 < GLIBC_VER="-$GLIBC_VER" --- > ac_cv_glibc_ver=$GLIBC_VER 109a111,112 > ) > GLIBC_VER="-$ac_cv_glibc_ver" When the patch is applied, all you have to do is add the line ac_cv_glibc_ver=libc6.2 (for target woody) to /etc/dpkg/cross-config.$arch (I also had to install dpkg-cross'ed versions of apt and apt-utils, to make dpkg-shlibdeps find the libraries, but this is not a bug in apt). Making packages cross compile friendly is /very/ useful if the host you are building for is very slow and lacks a compiler - as in my case. So please consider applying this patch. Greetings, Oliver -- Package-specific info: -- (/etc/apt/preferences present, but not submitted) -- -- (/etc/apt/sources.list present, but not submitted) -- -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux nimrod 2.4.22 #18 Tue Oct 21 10:03:29 CEST 2003 i686 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C Versions of packages apt depends on: ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libgcc1 1:3.3.2-4 GCC support library ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.2-4 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 -- no debconf information
