Re: [PATCH] builddeb: remove unneeded explicit Architecture

[Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>]

On 5.9.2012 15:05, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Thanks for your reply,
> 
> On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 03:50:10PM +0200, Michal Marek wrote:
>> Adding Max to CC.
>>
>> On 14.8.2012 12:44, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
>>> Architecture was set explicitly in debian/control for one of the three
>>> packages (linux-libc-dev) but not for the other two. When cross-building
>>> it gives me an error:
>>>
>>>   dpkg-gencontrol: error: current host architecture 'armhf' does not
>>>   appear in package's architecture list (amd64)
>>>
>>> Also note that if used, dpkg --print-architecture should have been
>>> replaced with dpkg-architecture.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir.cohen@xorcom.com>
>>> ---
>>>  scripts/package/builddeb |    3 +--
>>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/scripts/package/builddeb b/scripts/package/builddeb
>>> index acb8650..d9c71a6 100644
>>> --- a/scripts/package/builddeb
>>> +++ b/scripts/package/builddeb
>>> @@ -252,13 +252,12 @@ mkdir -p "$destdir"
>>>  (cd $objtree; tar -c -f - -T "$objtree/debian/hdrobjfiles") | (cd $destdir; tar -xf -)
>>>  ln -sf "/usr/src/linux-headers-$version" "$kernel_headers_dir/lib/modules/$version/build"
>>>  rm -f "$objtree/debian/hdrsrcfiles" "$objtree/debian/hdrobjfiles"
>>> -arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture)
>>>  
>>>  cat <<EOF >> debian/control
>>>  
>>>  Package: $kernel_headers_packagename
>>>  Provides: linux-headers, linux-headers-2.6
>>> -Architecture: $arch
>>> +Architecture: any
>>>  Description: Linux kernel headers for $KERNELRELEASE on $arch
>>>   This package provides kernel header files for $KERNELRELEASE on $arch
>>>   .
>>
>> As the package contains files from arch/$SRCARCH/include, I doubt that
>> this is a valid change.
> 
> But you optionally force the Architecture later on in build_package.
> "Arhcitecture: any" in the source package states that the binary package
> will be the one stated by the build system.

Ah, OK. I don't know much about Debian packaging in fact. Max, could you
have a look? The original thread is here:
http://lkml.org/lkml/2012/8/14/133. I meant to add you to CC before,
but apparently I forgot.

Michal