On 06/11/06 11:19:25, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
On Sat, Nov 04, 2006 at 09:44:59PM +0000, Neil Williams wrote:By default, apt-cross uses /etc/apt/sources.list to find the current debian package file for the architecture specified (default is arm) and in the suite specified (default is unstable). Alternatively, you can specify a different mirror. Downloaded files can be passed directly to dpkg-cross using the -b or -i commands to apt-cross.
This sounds cool. I've been thinking of implementing something similar for quite a while, but didn't do it because I couldn't figure out a way to properly deal with dependencies on arch:all packages. Have you figured that out, or do you just not bother?
To be added. :-)So far, it's main use is in building toolchains for cross-compilation and as these are basic packages like gcc and binutils, dependencies are not an issue.
I'll add a comment to the manpage before release so that this is made clear.
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