For what it's worth: the i386 binary does mipsel on amd64 In other words: when a i386 binary of qemu-mipsel is used on an amd64 host, it is possible to have a mipsel enviroment without segfaults.
It is not a solution to this bug, but it gives a working qemu-mipsel-static on amd64 Commands to get the i386 binaries with minimal effect on the amd64 wget http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/pool/main/q/qemu/qemu-user-static_1.1.2%2Bdfsg-3_i386.deb mkdir unpacked dpkg -x qemu-user-static_1.1.2+dfsg-3_i386.deb unpacked find unpacked | grep /bin/ cp unpacked/usr/bin/qemu-mipsel-static oa/usr/bin/qemu-mipsel-static chroot oa where 'oa' is created with the file from posting http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=678029#25 Groeten Geert Stappers -- > And is there a policy on top-posting vs. bottom-posting? Yes. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org