From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,eeee56c19a542f8d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local01.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.scarlet.biz!news.scarlet.biz.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 08:52:49 -0500 From: Ludovic Brenta Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Multi-arch References: <1147857777.703653.268610@j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 15:41:49 +0200 Message-ID: <87irnz4hr6.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110004 (No Gnus v0.4) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:kqjNCsP/EDj3GkNGKQmon8iIIGo= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.235.55.104 X-Trace: sv3-yaUxlmzR7s35gk7KsjyKh1ogvEF18I6NJBOGTbcrGq2uDYHpMan6ME6Idzg4ZVcN2mO7KPIdr3FNJTP!d3ShGqMUsSOA4X1jzv+BZYZfnOYAmD6JBzgzhoJPriFVmg+VeOsjxMvlCtfIObKzCIoGl8bmUw== X-Complaints-To: abuse@scarlet.be X-DMCA-Complaints-To: abuse@scarlet.biz X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.32 Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:4318 Date: 2006-05-21T15:41:49+02:00 List-Id: Dr. Adrian Wrigley writes: > The build process relies on a full i386 install of FC5 in a separate > set of partitions from the x86_64. I installed a complete suite of > i386 GNAT tools while running in 32-bit mode. The machine is > dual-bootable, for convenience, but the build scripts use linux32 > and chroot to compile 32-bit when booted as x86_64. > > I have the same source code checked out from cvs in two separate > directories. The build script checks the architecture, and if it is > x86_64, it builds all the partitions except those which need the > 32-bit library. Otherwise, it builds all the partitions. I guess you could have just one checkout, but two different object and executable directories. This is quite easy to set up in GNAT project files or, failing that, Makefiles. I don't know if the proposal from Canonical will be accepted or implemented, much less in what time frame. What do you think I should do in Debian? Continue supporting single-arch only (which still allows you to use a chrooted system for the other arch, like you are doing now) and wait for dpkg 2.0, or try provide multi-arch GNAT and libraries now? -- Ludovic Brenta.