Control: tag -1 moreinfo unreproducible 27.09.2014 16:33, Michal Suchanek wrote: > Package: qemu-user-binfmt > Version: 2.1+dfsg-4 > Severity: normal > > Hello, > > I tried installing qemu-user-binfmt in the hope I will be able to run foreign > architecture binaries. > > This has absolutely no results. THe package is empty and foreign binaries do > not run.
As stated in the package description, the package is empty and the only reason for it to exist is to run scripts at install and remove times to register binfmt support. This is the reason why it depends on qemu-user (actual implementation) and binfmt-support (registration). Please be more specific. Which binaries you tried to run but failed? What error message did you get? With the info you provided it is impossible to handle your bugreport, especially since I know this package works on my systems. Do you realize that in order to run regular foreign binary, you also need to install all (foreign) libraries required by that binary. With plain qemu-user and without additional foreig libraries it is possible to run only statically linked foreign binaries. On the other hand you can create a whole foreign chroot with its own libraries and directory structure, and chroot into it using qemu as a helper/emulator -- but for this to work, now it is qemu who needs (now native) libraries inside the chroot, or you should use statically linked qemu. > Interestingly, on machines where this works this plackage is not present. > > Is this package supposed to do anything? See above. > If not what is the preferred way to run foreign binaries? I don't understand this question. There's no True Way for anything. Depending on your needs, you may use qemu-user-binfmt or qemu-user-static, there may be other alternatives. Thanks, /mjt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
