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builddeb: remove unneeded explicit Architecture

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maximilian attems Sept. 6, 2012, 2:04 p.m. UTC
On Thu, Sep 06, 2012 at 02:00:04PM +0000, maximilian attems wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 05, 2012 at 08:26:05PM +0000, maximilian attems wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 05, 2012 at 07:40:09PM +0300, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> > > 
> > > $ grep CROSS_COMPILE .config
> > > CONFIG_CROSS_COMPILE="arm-linux-gnueabihf-"
> > > 
> > > Command:
> > > 
> > >   KBUILD_DEBARCH=armhf make ARCH=arm KBUILD_IMAGE=uImage deb-pkg
> > > 
> > > Error I get:
> > > 
> > >   dpkg-gencontrol: error: current host architecture 'armhf' does not
> > >   appear in package's architecture list (amd64)
> > > 
> > > It seems I have to use KBUILD_DEBARCH, as the kernel build system can't
> > > really tell if I want armel or armhf (If I built the same kernel for a
> > > Squeeze system I would have been forced to use armel).
> > 
> > well, obviously the dpkg call in
> >  -arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture)
> > is wrong please fix that.
> > 
> 
> care to test belows:
> 

without a useless snippet about the lost forcearch v2:

From f78afbe0b7fa7c49656f4ed1cf404e915f3c325b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: maximilian attems <max@stro.at>
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2012 15:22:02 +0200
Subject: [PATCH v2] deb-pkg: Simplify architecture matching for cross building

No point in invoking dpkg to get the archticture of the host
we build on. Instead directly use the logic implemented
in create_package(). No need anymore to override arch.

While at it fix the linux images to be for the specific
built arch.

Signed-off-by: maximilian attems <max@stro.at>
---
 scripts/package/builddeb |   81 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)

Comments

Tzafrir Cohen Sept. 6, 2012, 4:21 p.m. UTC | #1
On Thu, Sep 06, 2012 at 02:04:16PM +0000, maximilian attems wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 06, 2012 at 02:00:04PM +0000, maximilian attems wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 05, 2012 at 08:26:05PM +0000, maximilian attems wrote:
> > > On Wed, Sep 05, 2012 at 07:40:09PM +0300, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > $ grep CROSS_COMPILE .config
> > > > CONFIG_CROSS_COMPILE="arm-linux-gnueabihf-"
> > > > 
> > > > Command:
> > > > 
> > > >   KBUILD_DEBARCH=armhf make ARCH=arm KBUILD_IMAGE=uImage deb-pkg
> > > > 
> > > > Error I get:
> > > > 
> > > >   dpkg-gencontrol: error: current host architecture 'armhf' does not
> > > >   appear in package's architecture list (amd64)
> > > > 
> > > > It seems I have to use KBUILD_DEBARCH, as the kernel build system can't
> > > > really tell if I want armel or armhf (If I built the same kernel for a
> > > > Squeeze system I would have been forced to use armel).
> > > 
> > > well, obviously the dpkg call in
> > >  -arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture)
> > > is wrong please fix that.
> > > 
> > 
> > care to test belows:
> > 
> 
> without a useless snippet about the lost forcearch v2:
> 
> >From f78afbe0b7fa7c49656f4ed1cf404e915f3c325b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: maximilian attems <max@stro.at>
> Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2012 15:22:02 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH v2] deb-pkg: Simplify architecture matching for cross building
> 
> No point in invoking dpkg to get the archticture of the host
> we build on. Instead directly use the logic implemented
> in create_package(). No need anymore to override arch.

Works for the case I presented. I still have one bad case:

Now I remove the explicit setting of KBUILD_DEBRCH:

  $ rm -rf debian
  $ make ARCH=arm KBUILD_IMAGE=uImage deb-pkg

  ...

  dpkg-gencontrol: error: current host architecture 'armhf' does not
  appear in package's architecture list (armel)

My host architecture is amd64. This is actually the build architecture.
dpkg-gencontrol uses Dpkg::Arch::get_host_arch().

  $ perl -MDpkg::Arch -e 'print Dpkg::Arch::get_host_arch()."\n"'
  amd64

  $ CC=/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc  perl -MDpkg::Arch -e 'print Dpkg::Arch::get_host_arch()."\n"'
  armel
  
  $ CC=/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc  perl -MDpkg::Arch -e 'print Dpkg::Arch::get_host_arch()."\n"'
  armhf

  $ DEB_HOST_ARCH=whatever perl -MDpkg::Arch -e 'print Dpkg::Arch::get_host_arch()."\n"'
  whatever

Is it OK to use that perl one-liner as the default instead of the
architecture guessing case?
maximilian attems Sept. 7, 2012, 12:02 a.m. UTC | #2
On Thu, 06 Sep 2012, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
>
> Works for the case I presented.

Michal please care to queue previous v2 patch with
Tested-by: Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir.cohen@xorcom.com>
to kope with that cross building regression since
the linux headers got added to deb-pkg target.

> Now I remove the explicit setting of KBUILD_DEBRCH:

and here lies the error.
 
>   $ rm -rf debian
>   $ make ARCH=arm KBUILD_IMAGE=uImage deb-pkg
> 
>   ...
> 
>   dpkg-gencontrol: error: current host architecture 'armhf' does not
>   appear in package's architecture list (armel)
> 
> My host architecture is amd64. This is actually the build architecture.
> dpkg-gencontrol uses Dpkg::Arch::get_host_arch().
> 
>   $ perl -MDpkg::Arch -e 'print Dpkg::Arch::get_host_arch()."\n"'
>   amd64
> 
>   $ CC=/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc  perl -MDpkg::Arch -e 'print Dpkg::Arch::get_host_arch()."\n"'
>   armel
>   
>   $ CC=/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc  perl -MDpkg::Arch -e 'print Dpkg::Arch::get_host_arch()."\n"'
>   armhf
> 
>   $ DEB_HOST_ARCH=whatever perl -MDpkg::Arch -e 'print Dpkg::Arch::get_host_arch()."\n"'
>   whatever
> 
> Is it OK to use that perl one-liner as the default instead of the
> architecture guessing case?

In any case that would be a follow up, but I'm not fond of that perl/dpkg
magic plus supporting DEB_ variables. I think for linux it is preferable
to have it based on UTS_MACHINE. Thus I think your testcases aren't valid,
and also you neglected the following one:
make KBUILD_DEBARCH=i386 deb-pkg # i386 userland with amd64 linux

Best.
Tzafrir Cohen Sept. 9, 2012, 11:54 a.m. UTC | #3
On Fri, Sep 07, 2012 at 02:02:09AM +0200, maximilian attems wrote:
> On Thu, 06 Sep 2012, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> >
> > Works for the case I presented.
> 
> Michal please care to queue previous v2 patch with
> Tested-by: Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir.cohen@xorcom.com>
> to kope with that cross building regression since
> the linux headers got added to deb-pkg target.
> 
> > Now I remove the explicit setting of KBUILD_DEBRCH:
> 
> and here lies the error.
>  
> >   $ rm -rf debian
> >   $ make ARCH=arm KBUILD_IMAGE=uImage deb-pkg
> > 
> >   ...
> > 
> >   dpkg-gencontrol: error: current host architecture 'armhf' does not
> >   appear in package's architecture list (armel)
> > 
> > My host architecture is amd64. This is actually the build architecture.
> > dpkg-gencontrol uses Dpkg::Arch::get_host_arch().
> > 
> >   $ perl -MDpkg::Arch -e 'print Dpkg::Arch::get_host_arch()."\n"'
> >   amd64
> > 
> >   $ CC=/usr/bi/narm-linux-gnueabi-gcc  perl -MDpkg::Arch -e 'print Dpkg::Arch::get_host_arch()."\n"'
> >   armel
> >   
> >   $ CC=/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc  perl -MDpkg::Arch -e 'print Dpkg::Arch::get_host_arch()."\n"'
> >   armhf
> > 
> >   $ DEB_HOST_ARCH=whatever perl -MDpkg::Arch -e 'print Dpkg::Arch::get_host_arch()."\n"'
> >   whatever
> > 
> > Is it OK to use that perl one-liner as the default instead of the
> > architecture guessing case?
> 
> In any case that would be a follow up, but I'm not fond of that perl/dpkg
> magic plus supporting DEB_ variables. 

This magic is lifted from current dpkg-gencontrol. Is there any better
way to get it?

> I think for linux it is preferable
> to have it based on UTS_MACHINE. Thus I think your testcases aren't valid,

Well, my current build script is:

  #!/bin/sh
  # YOu need to have one of the following unremmed to avoid a
  # dpkg-gencontrol error:
  export KBUILD_DEBARCH=armhf # Unrem this for armhf
  #export DEB_HOST_ARCH=armel # Or this for armel
  exec make ARCH=arm KBUILD_IMAGE=uImage deb-pkg "$@"

Clearly on my build toolchain I must set DEB_HOST_ARCH in some cases. So
DEB_ variables are already in there. Without it it will give me an error
for trying to build 

> and also you neglected the following one:
> make KBUILD_DEBARCH=i386 deb-pkg # i386 userland with amd64 linux

I'm not sure I follow. If the packagees are to be installed on a i386
system, they are all to be considered i386, right? The linux-image
package as well. The same as
http://packages.debian.org/sid/linux-image-amd64 (the i386 variant).

Setting KBUILD_DEBARCH does not change the building of the files in any
way. It only changes the package's metadata.

Maybe set DEB_HOST_ARCH from KBUILD_DEBARCH if the latter was set?
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diff --git a/scripts/package/builddeb b/scripts/package/builddeb
index acb8650..a5f197b 100644
--- a/scripts/package/builddeb
+++ b/scripts/package/builddeb
@@ -25,44 +25,8 @@  create_package() {
 	chown -R root:root "$pdir"
 	chmod -R go-w "$pdir"
 
-	# Attempt to find the correct Debian architecture
-	local forcearch="" debarch=""
-	case "$UTS_MACHINE" in
-	i386|ia64|alpha)
-		debarch="$UTS_MACHINE" ;;
-	x86_64)
-		debarch=amd64 ;;
-	sparc*)
-		debarch=sparc ;;
-	s390*)
-		debarch=s390 ;;
-	ppc*)
-		debarch=powerpc ;;
-	parisc*)
-		debarch=hppa ;;
-	mips*)
-		debarch=mips$(grep -q CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN=y .config && echo el) ;;
-	arm*)
-		debarch=arm$(grep -q CONFIG_AEABI=y .config && echo el) ;;
-	*)
-		echo "" >&2
-		echo "** ** **  WARNING  ** ** **" >&2
-		echo "" >&2
-		echo "Your architecture doesn't have it's equivalent" >&2
-		echo "Debian userspace architecture defined!" >&2
-		echo "Falling back to using your current userspace instead!" >&2
-		echo "Please add support for $UTS_MACHINE to ${0} ..." >&2
-		echo "" >&2
-	esac
-	if [ -n "$KBUILD_DEBARCH" ] ; then
-		debarch="$KBUILD_DEBARCH"
-	fi
-	if [ -n "$debarch" ] ; then
-		forcearch="-DArchitecture=$debarch"
-	fi
-
 	# Create the package
-	dpkg-gencontrol -isp $forcearch -p$pname -P"$pdir"
+	dpkg-gencontrol -p$pname -P"$pdir"
 	dpkg --build "$pdir" ..
 }
 
@@ -83,6 +47,38 @@  fwpackagename=linux-firmware-image
 kernel_headers_packagename=linux-headers-$version
 libc_headers_packagename=linux-libc-dev
 
+# Attempt to find the correct Debian architecture
+case "$UTS_MACHINE" in
+i386|ia64|alpha)
+	debarch="$UTS_MACHINE" ;;
+x86_64)
+	debarch=amd64 ;;
+sparc*)
+	debarch=sparc ;;
+s390*)
+	debarch=s390 ;;
+ppc*)
+	debarch=powerpc ;;
+parisc*)
+	debarch=hppa ;;
+mips*)
+	debarch=mips$(grep -q CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN=y .config && echo el) ;;
+arm*)
+	debarch=arm$(grep -q CONFIG_AEABI=y .config && echo el) ;;
+*)
+	echo "" >&2
+	echo "** ** **  WARNING  ** ** **" >&2
+	echo "" >&2
+	echo "Your architecture doesn't have it's equivalent" >&2
+	echo "Debian userspace architecture defined!" >&2
+	echo "Falling back to using your current userspace instead!" >&2
+	echo "Please add support for $UTS_MACHINE to ${0} ..." >&2
+	echo "" >&2
+esac
+if [ -n "$KBUILD_DEBARCH" ] ; then
+	debarch="$KBUILD_DEBARCH"
+fi
+
 if [ "$ARCH" = "um" ] ; then
 	packagename=user-mode-linux-$version
 fi
@@ -234,8 +230,8 @@  else
 Package: $packagename
 Provides: linux-image, linux-image-2.6, linux-modules-$version
 Suggests: $fwpackagename
-Architecture: any
-Description: Linux kernel, version $version
+Architecture: $debarch
+Description: Linux kernel, version $version on $debarch
  This package contains the Linux kernel, modules and corresponding other
  files, version: $version.
 EOF
@@ -252,15 +248,14 @@  mkdir -p "$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
+Architecture: $debarch
 Provides: linux-headers, linux-headers-2.6
-Architecture: $arch
-Description: Linux kernel headers for $KERNELRELEASE on $arch
- This package provides kernel header files for $KERNELRELEASE on $arch
+Description: Linux kernel headers for $KERNELRELEASE on $debarch
+ This package provides kernel header files for $KERNELRELEASE on $debarch
  .
  This is useful for people who need to build external modules
 EOF