control: tags + patch Hi Helmut!
Thank you for providing the patch. I will apply it. Do you have any more documentation on cross building Debian packages? Usually I do it using qemu and pbuilder. Greetings Peter On 05/17/2016 09:20 AM, Helmut Grohne wrote: > Source: libjsoncpp > Version: 1.7.2-1 > Severity: wishlist > Tags: patch > > Hi, > > I noticed that libjoncpp fails to cross build. Since it uses debhelper's > dh_auto_configure for cmake (which supports cross building), it almost > works. Still two aspects are broken: > > * libjsoncpp Build-Depends: python. Since python is Multi-Arch: > allowed, this refers to the host architecture python which can > neither be run nor installed. What is needed though is the build > architecture python, so annotate it with :native. > * Tests cannot be run during cross compilation, so cross compiles > typically set DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=nocheck. Unfortunately, libjsoncpp > has no support for this setting yet and runs the tests anyway. > > I am attaching a patch that addresses both issues. Please consider > applying it. > > Helmut >
