+++ Hector Oron [2010-03-17 18:35 +0100]: > Hi Neil, > > 2010/3/17 Neil Williams <codeh...@debian.org>: > >> Anyway I might be missing some bits, but I wanted to suggest about > >> empbuilder, it makes no sense to me, but an option on Debian's > >> pbuilder & sbuilder & friends (-a $arch) makes more sense if not > >> already there. > > > > If I could have done that I wouldn't have needed to write empdebuild. > > By that time we did not have the support we have in Debian nowadays. I > still believe this feature is nice to have and way to go.
> > empdebuild does several things on top of normal pbuilder code: > > > > 1. installs cross-building toolchains for the requested arch > > 2. installs emdebian-tools inside the chroot > > (these first two steps can now be done by multistrap) > > Not an issue anymore, also think in an hipotetical Debian cross > toolchains from Debian archive. > > > 3. runs emdebuild inside the chroot instead of debuild, including > > emdebuild --build-deps which relies on apt-cross and xcontrol files. > > I was more thinking on a further step 'debuild -a $arch' with > apt-ma-emu (always within Debian framework). More than thinking on a > working solution, think on a 'future' working solution and start > getting support by tools. Hmm, should have read Hector's reply before writing the one I just did :-) Turns out we are in total agreement :-) Wookey -- Principal hats: iEndian - Balloonboard - Toby Churchill - Emdebian http://wookware.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-embedded-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100320100240.gx27...@dream.aleph1.co.uk
