+++ Steve Langasek [2012-03-09 17:32 -0000]:
> It can be installed on lots of things that aren't the native
> architecture, the only requirement is that you're able to run the code -
> which is straightforward to accomplish using qemu-user-static, isn't it?
This is true, but qemu support for the HOST arch of build-deps means
we can't cross build anything build-depending on this package for any
arch which doesn't have qemu support. The most pertinent current
example is aarch64 (arm64), for which everything currently needs to be
cross-built because there is no real hardware as well as no qemu
support :-)
It's important that simple M-A:same library packages should install
without qemu support unless it is absolutely unavoidable.
Wookey
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+++ Steve Langasek [2012-03-09 17:32 -0000]:
> It can be installed on lots of things that aren't the native
> architecture, the only requirement is that you're able to run the code -
> which is straightforward to accomplish using qemu-user-static, isn't it?
This is true, but qemu support for the HOST arch of build-deps means
we can't cross build anything build-depending on this package for any
arch which doesn't have qemu support. The most pertinent current
example is aarch64 (arm64), for which everything currently needs to be
cross-built because there is no real hardware as well as no qemu
support :-)
It's important that simple M-A:same library packages should install
without qemu support unless it is absolutely unavoidable.
Wookey wookware. org/
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