tag 444727 - patch
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On Sun, Sep 30, 2007 at 03:56:00PM +0100, Neil Williams wrote:

> The top level 'make' command tries to use gcc instead of
> $(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE)-gcc and the LDSHARED value also sets 'gcc' instead
> of $(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE)-gcc. Similarly, the install targets try to use
> gcc. Finally, 'make test' or 'make check' cannot operate in a

You really need to do this via the configure script or similarly.  In
particular, you need to ensure that off64_t is detected properly since
that has an effect on the ABI of the resulting library and it will
probably fail to build in some combinations.

> cross-building environment. The current build does ignore that error but
> I've wrapped the call to 'make test' in the attached patch for clarity.

Please submit separate patches for separate issues.

> The patch has no effect if $(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE) matches the value of
> $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE) so I hope you will be
> able to apply it and help Emdebian cross-build zlib more easily.

I'm not enthusiatic about applying the patch as is due to the bypassing
of the configuration script.

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