On Fri, Oct 14, 2005 at 09:06:19AM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: > Currently, for platforms which natively build a biarch GCC, such as > powerpc, the GCC package also attempts to build a biarch cross-compiler > when targetting that platform. This would require the installation of > cross-compilation libraries for two different cross-architectures, > rather than just one, in order to build and use GCC; otherwise, the > build fails when attempting to find a libc for the alternate target. In > addition, dpkg-cross doesn't appear to support converting and installing > library packages for the alternate architectures. It also seems far > more likely that when setting up a cross-compilation environment, one > would simply construct two cross-compilers, one for each of the two > architectures, rather than one two-target compiler.
My experience suggests that having a biarch cross compiler is, in fact, often desirable. dpkg-cross shouldn't need to "convert" library packages. The same packages that would be used on a native build are used; they'll be Architecture: i386, even if they contain amd64 binaries, et cetera for other platforms. -- Daniel Jacobowitz CodeSourcery, LLC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]