On Tuesday, Feb 1, 2005, Raphael Bossek writes: > >Hi, > >I'm a active member of the dpkg-cross package part of the www.emdebian.org >project. > >A long outstanding feature request was to support APT for dpkg-cross. The >realisation >result in diversion of apt-get, apt-cache and apt-config which is our CVS >pending for >a new release to experimental as soon as the APT wrapper is stable. > >The Debian Policy Manaual advice me to discuss this diversion here. Please >feel free >to comment the consequences of this diversion. > >dpkg-cross provide a extension for apt-get, apt-cache and apt-config with the >command >line option -a|--arch where your cross-host architecture can be specified. >This arch >is by default your architecture your are developing for using a cross-compiler >suite. > >If no architecture (-a|--arch) is specified the original implemenations >apt-get, >apt-cache and apt-config are executed instead so nothink changes for those >uses who >do not use this extension. > >>From my point of view the extension of the APT tools by diversion do not >>break today >functionality. It was one gole not to break today functionality! > >-- >Raphael Bossek
I think that -a is only really useful if you can also easily specify the --root option to dpkg. Right now the only way to get apt to do this is by modifying some of the Dir:: variables and wedging --root= into the Dpkg::options and... well, it's less than trivial. So some way to do that would be a good idea, I think. Just my .02 from trying to get apt and apt-build to work with dpkg-cross awhile back. --pj -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
