On Sat, Jan 05, 2002 at 09:44:16AM +0900, YAEGASHI Takeshi wrote: > At Thu, 03 Jan 2002 21:07:33 -0700, > Matt Taggart wrote:
> > > Is there anyone who utilize dpkg-cross? > > I used it for bootstrapping Debian on hppa, it's *very* useful. I didn't > > need > > to make too many changes. I still need to submit a patch for hppa support. > > At > > the time I was too distracted by having a native toolchain to spend time on > > dpkg-cross patches :) > > The things I changed for hppa are available at, > > http://cvs.parisc-linux.org/build-tools/dpkg-cross/ > That's right, I know its usefulness as well as you. I worked with > dpkg-cross for binary-sh bootstrapping last spring. That effort > resulted in the Dreamcast Linux Distribution later. > We must have accumulated numerous improvements and much know-how on > dpkg-cross through such a rare experience as bootstrapping Debian for > the brand-new architecture. > I simply feel it regrettable to leave them being lost. We should > share them. If there is renewed interest in improving dpkg-cross, there are a few issues yet with building multi-binary packages that include libraries that I'd be happy to help work out. Cheers, Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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