APPLIED Re: [Q][PATCH 0/5] RFC: UBUNTU: [Packaging] Preliminary Cross-compile support

Timo Aaltonen tjaalton at ubuntu.com
Thu Jul 3 09:31:12 UTC 2025


Zixing Liu kirjoitti 27.6.2025 klo 3.43:
> This is a RFC patch-set aiming to get convenient cross-compilation for kernel
> packages.
> 
> This set of patches enable the entire kernel package (including linux-tools-*)
> to be easily cross-buildable using existing build system.
> 
> Zixing Liu (5):
>    UBUNTU: [Packaging] debian.master/control.stub.in: prepare for
>      cross-compiling
>    UBUNTU: [Packaging] debian/rules.d/0-common-vars.mk: avoid infinite
>      loop
>    UBUNTU: [Packaging] debian/rules.d/0-common-vars.mk: use native GCC
>    UBUNTU: [Packaging] debian/rules.d/0-common-vars.mk: enable
>      linux-tools cross-compilation
>    UBUNTU: [Packaging] debian/rules.d/0-common-vars.mk: fix linux-tools
>      cross-build
> 
>   debian.master/control.stub.in   | 57 +++++++++++++++++----------------
>   debian/rules.d/0-common-vars.mk | 17 ++++------
>   debian/rules.d/2-binary-arch.mk |  4 +--
>   3 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)
> 

Thanks! This fixes the issue with cross-building tools that I discovered 
last cycle. Cross-building was disabled in 2013 without any further 
information as to why, nice to have it enabled again.

applied to linux-unstable

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