Neil Williams <[email protected]> writes: > On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:43:40 +0100 > Goswin von Brederlow <[email protected]> wrote: >> > What's been missing is how to get apt to do that *after* we've >> > mangled the package names by adding '$arch-cross'. Once we stop >> > doing that, apt is just fine with the dependency resolution in >> > download mode. (See multistrap.) Once we fix that and get dpkg to >> > be able to install the downloaded .debs, apt can take over from >> > apt-cross. >> >> I never had a problem with that in my implementation. > > If it can really do that with complex dependency chains like installing > a full cross-building environment for building GTK+ applications in a > clean chroot (see #502433) then apt-cross can be replaced.
So I fixed the mangling of Sources files and used gtk+2.0 as testcase. m...@frosties:~% apt-cache showsrc libgtk2.0-0 Package: gtk+2.0 Binary: libgtk2.0-0, libgtk-directfb-2.0-0, libgtk-directfb-2.0-0-udeb, libgtk2.0-common, libgtk2.0-bin, libgtk2.0-dev, libgtk-directfb-2.0-dev, libgtk2.0-0-dbg, libgtk2.0-doc, gtk2.0-examples, gtk2-engines-pixbuf, libgail18, libgail-common, libgail-dev, libgail-dbg, libgail-doc Version: 2.18.6-1 Priority: optional Section: libs Maintainer: Sebastien Bacher <[email protected]> Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 5.0.22), gettext, pkg-config, autotools-dev, libglib2.0-dev (>= 2.21.3), libpango1.0-dev (>= 1.20), libatk1.0-dev (>= 1.13.0), libx11-dev (>= 2:1.0.0-6), libxext-dev (>= 1:1.0.1-2), libxi-dev (>= 1:1.0.1-4), libxrandr-dev (>= 1:1.2.99), libxt-dev, libxrender-dev, libxft-dev, libxcursor-dev, libxcomposite-dev (>= 1:0.2.0-3), libxdamage-dev (>= 1:1.0.1-3), libxkbfile-dev, libxinerama-dev (>= 1:1.0.1-4.1), libxfixes-dev (>= 1:3.0.0-3), libcairo2-dev (>= 1.6.4-6.1), libtiff4-dev, libjpeg62-dev, libjasper-dev, libpng12-dev, gnome-pkg-tools (>= 0.11), chrpath, dpkg-dev (>= 1.13.19), x11proto-xext-dev, libdirectfb-dev (>= 1.0.0), libcups2-dev (>= 1.2), quilt, gawk Build-Depends-Indep: gtk-doc-tools (>= 1.8), docbook-xml, libglib2.0-doc, libatk1.0-doc, libpango1.0-doc, libcairo2-doc Architecture: any Standards-Version: 3.8.3 Format: 1.0 Directory: pool/main/g/gtk+2.0 Files: 5c71f8de3f28eb7b412f32f4923e0c5b 2175 gtk+2.0_2.18.6-1.dsc f98617af9f6be3065f64248f78dae2b7 26600726 gtk+2.0_2.18.6.orig.tar.gz e58adbde28e1c2e14f4187edaba3bd2b 272139 gtk+2.0_2.18.6-1.diff.gz Uploaders: Debian GNOME Maintainers <[email protected]>, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <[email protected]>, Sebastian Dröge <[email protected]> Checksums-Sha1: 1ee5a4c7d5c1e5eaa9298c17fa42b15a47f5f401 26600726 gtk+2.0_2.18.6.orig.tar.gz 4670f08766e538c5b6f7e772055a4506315db301 272139 gtk+2.0_2.18.6-1.diff.gz Checksums-Sha256: 498282e1f9d3bcebb98995bdf41cfab8f90096884d3572f27dc258c7c206da9c 26600726 gtk+2.0_2.18.6.orig.tar.gz 85b299aaeeeee0a9bfdabe9e377b8548c9f6b55674fe49a72fb1183c6cad8569 272139 gtk+2.0_2.18.6-1.diff.gz m...@frosties:~% apt-cache showsrc libgtk2.0-0-i386-cross Package: gtk+2.0-i386-cross Architecture: any Version: 2.18.6-1 Binary: libgtk2.0-0-i386-cross, libgtk-directfb-2.0-0-i386-cross, libgtk-directfb-2.0-0-udeb-i386-cross, libgtk2.0-common, libgtk2.0-bin, libgtk2.0-dev-i386-cross, libgtk-directfb-2.0-dev-i386-cross, libgtk2.0-0-dbg-i386-cross, libgtk2.0-doc, gtk2.0-examples, gtk2-engines-pixbuf-i386-cross, libgail18-i386-cross, libgail-common-i386-cross, libgail-dev-i386-cross, libgail-dbg-i386-cross, libgail-doc Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 5.0.22), gettext, pkg-config, autotools-dev, libglib2.0-dev-i386-cross (>= 2.21.3~0.1), libpango1.0-dev-i386-cross (>= 1.20~0.1), libatk1.0-dev-i386-cross (>= 1.13.0~0.1), libx11-dev-i386-cross (>= 2:1.0.0-6~0.1), libxext-dev-i386-cross (>= 1:1.0.1-2~0.1), libxi-dev-i386-cross (>= 1:1.0.1-4~0.1), libxrandr-dev-i386-cross (>= 1:1.2.99~0.1), libxt-dev-i386-cross, libxrender-dev-i386-cross, libxft-dev-i386-cross, libxcursor-dev-i386-cross, libxcomposite-dev-i386-cross (>= 1:0.2.0-3~0.1), libxdamage-dev-i386-cross (>= 1:1.0.1-3~0.1), libxkbfile-dev-i386-cross, libxinerama-dev-i386-cross (>= 1:1.0.1-4.1~0.1), libxfixes-dev-i386-cross (>= 1:3.0.0-3~0.1), libcairo2-dev-i386-cross (>= 1.6.4-6.1~0.1), libtiff4-dev-i386-cross, libjpeg62-dev-i386-cross, libjasper-dev-i386-cross, libpng12-dev-i386-cross, gnome-pkg-tools (>= 0.11), chrpath, dpkg-dev (>= 1.13.19), x11proto-xext-dev, libdirectfb-dev-i386-cross (>= 1.0.0~0.1), libcups2-dev-i386-cross (>= 1.2~0.1), quilt, gawk Build-Depends-Indep: gtk-doc-tools (>= 1.8), docbook-xml, libglib2.0-doc, libatk1.0-doc, libpango1.0-doc, libcairo2-doc Checksums-Sha1: 1ee5a4c7d5c1e5eaa9298c17fa42b15a47f5f401 26600726 gtk+2.0_2.18.6.orig.tar.gz 4670f08766e538c5b6f7e772055a4506315db301 272139 gtk+2.0_2.18.6-1.diff.gz Checksums-Sha256: 498282e1f9d3bcebb98995bdf41cfab8f90096884d3572f27dc258c7c206da9c 26600726 gtk+2.0_2.18.6.orig.tar.gz 85b299aaeeeee0a9bfdabe9e377b8548c9f6b55674fe49a72fb1183c6cad8569 272139 gtk+2.0_2.18.6-1.diff.gz Directory: pool/main/g/gtk+2.0 Files: 5c71f8de3f28eb7b412f32f4923e0c5b 2175 gtk+2.0_2.18.6-1.dsc f98617af9f6be3065f64248f78dae2b7 26600726 gtk+2.0_2.18.6.orig.tar.gz e58adbde28e1c2e14f4187edaba3bd2b 272139 gtk+2.0_2.18.6-1.diff.gz Format: 1.0 Maintainer: Sebastien Bacher <[email protected]> Priority: optional Section: libs Standards-Version: 3.8.3 Uploaders: Debian GNOME Maintainers <[email protected]>, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <[email protected]>, Sebastian Dröge <[email protected]> m...@frosties:~% sudo apt-get build-dep gtk+2.0-i386-cross Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: automake docbook docbook-dsssl docbook-to-man gnome-common gnome-pkg-tools gtk-doc-tools highlight highlight-common intltool jade lib32gcc1 lib32stdc++6 lib32z1 lib32z1-dev liba52-0.7.4-i386-cross libatk1.0-0-i386-cross libatk1.0-dev-i386-cross libatk1.0-doc libavahi-client3-i386-cross libavahi-common-data-i386-cross libavahi-common3-i386-cross libc6-dev-i386 libc6-i386 libcairo2-dev-i386-cross libcairo2-doc libcairo2-i386-cross libcomerr2-i386-cross libcups2-dev-i386-cross libcups2-i386-cross libdatrie1-i386-cross libdbus-1-3-i386-cross libdirectfb-1.2-0-i386-cross libdirectfb-dev-i386-cross libdirectfb-extra-i386-cross libexpat1-dev-i386-cross libexpat1-i386-cross libfontconfig1-dev-i386-cross libfontconfig1-i386-cross libfreetype6-dev-i386-cross libfreetype6-i386-cross libgcrypt11-dev-i386-cross libgcrypt11-i386-cross libglib2.0-0-i386-cross libglib2.0-dev-i386-cross libglib2.0-doc libgnutls-dev-i386-cross libgnutls26-i386-cross libgpg-error-dev-i386-cross libgpg-error0-i386-cross libgssapi-krb5-2-i386-cross libice-dev-i386-cross libice6-i386-cross libjasper-dev-i386-cross libjasper1-i386-cross libjpeg62-dev-i386-cross libjpeg62-i386-cross libk5crypto3-i386-cross libkeyutils1-i386-cross libkrb5-3-i386-cross libkrb5-dev-i386-cross libkrb5support0-i386-cross libmpeg3-1-i386-cross libmpeg3-dev-i386-cross libpango1.0-0-i386-cross libpango1.0-dev-i386-cross libpango1.0-doc libpcre3-i386-cross libpixman-1-0-i386-cross libpixman-1-dev-i386-cross libpng12-0-i386-cross libpng12-dev-i386-cross libpthread-stubs0-dev-i386-cross libpthread-stubs0-i386-cross libselinux1-i386-cross libsm-dev-i386-cross libsm6-i386-cross libsysfs-dev-i386-cross libsysfs2-i386-cross libtasn1-3-dev-i386-cross libtasn1-3-i386-cross libthai0-i386-cross libtiff4-dev-i386-cross libtiff4-i386-cross libtiffxx0c2-i386-cross libts-0.0-0-i386-cross libuuid1-i386-cross libx11-6-i386-cross libx11-dev-i386-cross libxau-dev-i386-cross libxau6-i386-cross libxcb-render-util0-dev-i386-cross libxcb-render-util0-i386-cross libxcb-render0-dev-i386-cross libxcb-render0-i386-cross libxcb1-dev-i386-cross libxcb1-i386-cross libxcomposite-dev-i386-cross libxcomposite1-i386-cross libxcursor-dev-i386-cross libxcursor1-i386-cross libxdamage-dev-i386-cross libxdamage1-i386-cross libxdmcp-dev-i386-cross libxdmcp6-i386-cross libxext-dev-i386-cross libxext6-i386-cross libxfixes-dev-i386-cross libxfixes3-i386-cross libxft-dev-i386-cross libxft2-i386-cross libxi-dev-i386-cross libxi6-i386-cross libxinerama-dev-i386-cross libxinerama1-i386-cross libxkbfile-dev-i386-cross libxkbfile1-i386-cross libxrandr-dev-i386-cross libxrandr2-i386-cross libxrender-dev-i386-cross libxrender1-i386-cross libxt-dev-i386-cross libxt6-i386-cross 0 upgraded, 123 newly installed, 0 to remove and 110 not upgraded. Need to get 32.5MB/32.6MB of archives. After this operation, 107MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? As you can see tools like automake are kept as native packages while libraries are changed to -<arch>-cross. So far it looks really promising. Some things might need further tuning in the rename.list but that is a case by case thing. http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/a/apt-ma-emu/ MfG Goswin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]

