Public bug reported: kdb fails to cross-build.
The build command is: xdeb --only-explicit -a armel --prefer-apt --apt-source --debug --force-rebuild kbd The actual build command xdeb issues is: debuild --no-lintian -eUSER -eCONFIG_SITE=/etc/dpkg-cross/cross-config.armel -eDEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=nocheck -eGTEST_INCLUDEDIR=/usr/arm-linux-gnueabi/include -eGTEST_LIBDIR=/usr/arm-linux-gnueabi/lib -ePKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR=/usr/arm-linux-gnueabi/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/arm-linux-gnueabi/share/pkgconfig:/usr/share/pkgconfig -eDH_VERBOSE=1 -aarmel -b -uc -us -tc To easily reproduce the build environment in which this bug was discovered follow the HOWTO here: https://wiki.linaro.org/Platform/DevPlatform/CrossCompile/CrossBuildNano The build uses the wrong (build-arch) compiler, and thus fails with a strip error when packaging at the end: dh binary-arch --after dh_installdocs dh_strip -a arm-linux-gnueabi-strip --remove-section=.comment --remove-section=.note debian/kbd/usr/bin/splitfont arm-linux-gnueabi-strip:debian/kbd/usr/bin/splitfont: File format not recognized ** Affects: kbd (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: cross natty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/872422 Title: kbd fails to cross-build To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kbd/+bug/872422/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs