On 7/11/2019 4:46 PM, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
On Tue, Jul 9, 2019 at 4:44 PM Cedric Hombourger
<Cedric_Hombourger@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Debian-based distributions place libc header files in a machine
specific directory (/usr/include/<libc-machine>) instead of
/usr/include/asm to support installation of the linux-libc-dev
package from multiple architectures. Move headers installed by
"make headers_install" accordingly using Debian's tuple from
dpkg-architecture (stored in debian/arch).
Signed-off-by: Cedric Hombourger <Cedric_Hombourger@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/package/builddeb | 5 +++++
scripts/package/mkdebian | 1 +
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/scripts/package/builddeb b/scripts/package/builddeb
index b03dd56a4782..d5d33bcba1fb 100755
--- a/scripts/package/builddeb
+++ b/scripts/package/builddeb
@@ -132,6 +132,11 @@ fi
if [ "$ARCH" != "um" ]; then
$MAKE -f $srctree/Makefile headers_check
$MAKE -f $srctree/Makefile headers_install INSTALL_HDR_PATH="$libc_headers_dir/usr"
+ # move asm headers to /usr/include/<libc-machine>/asm to match the structure
+ # used by Debian-based distros (to support multi-arch)
+ host_arch=$(dpkg-architecture -a$(cat debian/arch) -qDEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)
+ mkdir $libc_headers_dir/usr/include/$host_arch
+ mv $libc_headers_dir/usr/include/asm $libc_headers_dir/usr/include/$host_arch/
fi
I just wondered whether there is something better than $(cat debian/arch),
but maybe not.
OK, I am ready to pick it up for 5.3-rc1.
With Ben's Ack, I would be able to proceed with more confident.
Great thank you. Let me know if I can help clear any remaining concerns
you may have
# Install the maintainer scripts
diff --git a/scripts/package/mkdebian b/scripts/package/mkdebian
index 8351584cb24e..e0750b70453f 100755
--- a/scripts/package/mkdebian
+++ b/scripts/package/mkdebian
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ Architecture: $debarch
Description: Linux support headers for userspace development
This package provides userspaces headers from the Linux kernel. These headers
are used by the installed headers for GNU glibc and other system libraries.
+Multi-Arch: same
Package: $dbg_packagename
Section: debug
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