On Oct 19, 2011, at 2:44 PM, ext Carsten Munk wrote:
> In practice, SB2 would have to install every single package build-dep
> on x86 side for perl etc that the ARM side packages would need and
> keep them updated.
No, not all. It doesn't "have to" be like that. Content can be different on
ARM- and x86 sides, and still SB2 can be combine it all to a working build
environment.
That is in fact what we did for an experimental SB2-based SDK for Harmattan.
There are even two perls, the ARM version and the x86 version (both are known
as /usr/bin/perl.) They don't have to have similar configurations; the x86 side
contains only selected tools and doesn't have to be updated so often.
> While I don't have any data on that, my initial
> reaction is that this might just cause more trouble than worth.
Setting it up wasn't too easy, but once the rules for SB2 had been created, it
has been quite easy thing to manage.
Lauri
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