Override dh_gencontrol architecture

[Steve Langasek]

On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 10:33:59AM -0600, Tim Gardner wrote:
> I'm working on building in ARM cross compile support to the Ubuntu 
> kernel packaging. I am encountering the following error:

> fakeroot debian/rules binary-omap arch=armel
> .....
> dh_gencontrol -plinux-image-2.6.35-22-omap
> dpkg-gencontrol: error: current host architecture 'amd64' does not 
> appear in package's architecture list (armel)
> dh_gencontrol: dpkg-gencontrol -plinux-image-2.6.35-22-omap 
> -ldebian/changelog -Tdebian/linux-image-2.6.35-22-omap.substvars 
> -Pdebian/linux-image-2.6.35-22-omap returned exit code 255
> make: *** [binary-omap] Error 9

> I have not successfully found a way to override the architecture. Anyone 
> have any ideas? I've tried the various forms of

> dh_gencontrol -p$(pkgimg) -a$(arch)
> dh_gencontrol -p$(pkgimg) -- -a$(arch)
> export DH_OPTIONS="-a$(arch)" && dh_gencontrol -p$(pkgimg)

Cross-building of Debian packages is meant to be handled by using the
'dpkg-buildpackage -a${target_arch}' interface.  This sets the environment
variables shown in the output of 'dpkg-architecture -a${target_arch}'.

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