QtMoko/CrossBuildingOnDebian - Revision history

Glenn: +cat

2012-02-10T09:28:40Z

+cat

Pini: /* Building QtMoko v35 */

2011-12-04T19:53:07Z

‎Building QtMoko v35

Pini: /* Building QtMoko v35 */

2011-12-04T19:52:32Z

‎Building QtMoko v35

Pini: /* Cross-building QtMoko on Debian */

2011-12-03T17:34:30Z

‎Cross-building QtMoko on Debian

Pini: /* Building QtMoko v36 */

2011-12-03T17:27:42Z

‎Building QtMoko v36

Pini: /* Creating the pbuilder chroot */

2011-12-03T15:42:19Z

‎Creating the pbuilder chroot

Pini: /* Tools needed */ typo

2011-12-03T15:39:24Z

‎Tools needed: typo

Pini: /* Cross-building QtMoko on Debian */ Adapt to v35

2011-12-03T15:38:21Z

‎Cross-building QtMoko on Debian: Adapt to v35

Pini: /* Setting up the git workspace */

2011-11-08T23:38:47Z

‎Setting up the git workspace

Pini: /* Setting up the git workspace */

2011-11-08T23:38:22Z

‎Setting up the git workspace

← Older revision		Revision as of 09:28, 10 February 2012
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	Build:		Build:
	$ pdebuild-cross -aarmel		$ pdebuild-cross -aarmel
		+
		+	[[Category:Qt Moko]]

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   $ pdebuild-cross -aarmel
 ===Building QtMoko v35===
-QtMoko v35 is the trickiest case since it requires a Debian Squeeze pbuilder chroot which misses the xapt tool. Hopefully a backport will be available soon. For now I use a backport sitting in my own repository.
+QtMoko v35 is the trickiest case since it requires a Debian Squeeze pbuilder chroot which misses the xapt tool. Hopefully an official backport will be available soon. For now I use a backport sitting in my own repository.
 ====Configuration====

@@ Line 92: / Line 92: @@
   $ pdebuild-cross -aarmel
 ===Building QtMoko v35===
-QtMoko v35 is the trickiest case since it requires a Debian Squeeze pbuilder chroot which misses the xapt tool. Hopefully a backport will be available soon.
+QtMoko v35 is the trickiest case since it requires a Debian Squeeze pbuilder chroot which misses the xapt tool. Hopefully a backport will be available soon. For now I use a backport sitting in my own repository.
 ====Configuration====

@@ Line 2: / Line 2: @@
 It is possible to cross-build QtMoko on a Debian box using only (em)debian tools.
 ===Tools needed===
 The builds are done the Debian way, using pbuilder on a Debian Wheezy box.
 Most of the magic is handled by the ''pdebuild-cross'' package:
   $ sudo apt-get install pdebuild-cross
+The toolchain comes from the [http://emdebian.org Emdebian project] and is set up via the ''multistrap'' package (pulled in by pdebuild-cross).
 ===Building QtMoko v36===
 ====Configuration====
@@ Line 40: / Line 41: @@
   [Debian]
-  packages=dpkg-dev binutils-multiarch build-essential dpkg-cross
+  packages=dpkg-dev binutils-multiarch build-essential dpkg-cross makedev
   source=http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian
   keyring=debian-archive-keyring
@@ Line 93: / Line 95: @@
 ====Configuration====
 Configuration file for multistrap (/etc/multistrap/armel-squeeze.conf):
   [General]
@@ Line 127: / Line 127: @@
   [Debian]
   packages=dpkg-dev binutils-multiarch build-essential makedev wget
   source=http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian
   keyring=debian-archive-keyring
   suite=squeeze
   omitdebsrc=false
 Hook file for multistrap so that it installs the xapt backport for squeeze from my repository (/etc/multistrap/armel-squeeze-hooks/E10-xapt):
   #!/bin/sh
@@ Line 191: / Line 190: @@
 Build:
   $ pdebuild-cross -aarmel

@@ Line 7: / Line 7: @@
   $ sudo apt-get install pdebuild-cross
 ===Building QtMoko v35===
 QtMoko v35 is the trickiest case since it requires a Debian Squeeze pbuilder chroot which misses the xapt tool. Hopefully a backport will be available soon.
@@ Line 61: / Line 143: @@
 This file must be executable (chmod a+x).
-Configuration file for pdebuild-cross (/etc/pdebuild-cross/armel-squeeze.conf):
+Configuration file for pdebuild-cross (/etc/pdebuild-cross/pdebuild-cross.rc):
   # this is your configuration file for pdebuild-cross.
   # /etc/pdebuild-cross/pdebuild-cross.rc is the one meant for editing.

@@ Line 94: / Line 94: @@
   $ sudo pdebuild-cross-create
   $ sudo pdebuild-cross-update
 ====Setting up the git workspace====
 First clone the QtMoko repo:

@@ Line 2: / Line 2: @@
 It is possible to cross-build QtMoko on a Debian box using only (em)debian tools.
 ===Tools needed===
 Most of the magic is handled by the ''pdebuild-cross'' package:
   $ sudo apt-get install pdebuild-cross
-===Configuration===
+===Building QtMoko v35===
-The toolchain comes from the [http://emdebian.org Emdebian project]. Two configuration files from the ''multistrap'' package (pulled in by pdebuild-cross) are needed. It is best to copy them because they're not part of /etc:
+QtMoko v35 is the trickiest case since it requires a Debian Squeeze pbuilder chroot which misses the xapt tool. Hopefully a backport will be available soon.
- $ sudo mkdir /etc/multistrap
- $ sudo cp /usr/share/multistrap/{armel,crosschroot}.conf /etc/multistrap
+====Configuration====
-Then modify the ''armel.conf'' file to use the Squeeze toolchain (with g++-4.4; the Lenny toolchain with g++-4.2 doesn't work for QtMoko) and to load our copy of ''crosschroot.conf'':
+The toolchain comes from the [http://emdebian.org Emdebian project] and is set up via the ''multistrap'' package (pulled in by pdebuild-cross).
- [General]
- include=/etc/multistrap/crosschroot.conf
+Configuration file for multistrap (/etc/multistrap/armel-squeeze.conf):
- omitrequired=false
- configscript=
- setupscript=/usr/share/multistrap/setcrossarch.sh
- debootstrap=Debian Base Toolchains
- aptsources=Debian Toolchains
- tarballname=pdebuild-cross.tgz
-−
- [Toolchains]
- packages=g++-4.4-arm-linux-gnueabi linux-libc-dev-armel-cross
- reinstall=binutils-multiarch
- source=http://www.emdebian.org/debian
- keyring=emdebian-archive-keyring
- suite=squeeze
-You may also want to change the Debian mirror URIs in ''crosschroot.conf'' to use one near your location. I use a french one:
- # Example multistrap configuration file for a sid build chroot
- # Need to use cascading to select the toolchain for a cross arch.
-−
   [General]
   arch=
@@ Line 47: / Line 28: @@
   # extract all downloaded archives (default is true)
   unpack=true
-  # Lenny toolchains need -base from Lenny.
+  omitrequired=false
-  [Base]
+ configscript=
-  packages=gcc-4.2-base
+ setupscript=/usr/share/multistrap/setcrossarch.sh
-  source=http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian
+ debootstrap=Debian Toolchains
-  keyring=debian-archive-keyring
+ aptsources=Debian Toolchains
-  suite=lenny
+ tarballname=pdebuild-cross.tgz
- omitdebsrc=false
   [Debian]
-  packages=dpkg-dev binutils-multiarch build-essential dpkg-cross aptitude
+  packages=dpkg-dev binutils-multiarch build-essential makedev wget
   source=http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian
   keyring=debian-archive-keyring
-  suite=unstable
+  suite=squeeze
   omitdebsrc=false
-Finally update the MULTISTRAPFILE variable in your pdebuild-cross' configuration file (/etc/pdebuild-cross/pdebuild-cross.rc) to point to your multistrap armel config:
+You may also want to change the Debian mirror URIs in to use one near your location. I use a french one.
   # this is your configuration file for pdebuild-cross.
   # /etc/pdebuild-cross/pdebuild-cross.rc is the one meant for editing.
@@ Line 78: / Line 72: @@
   CROSSARCH=armel
   DEBBUILDOPTS="-aarmel"
-  MULTISTRAPFILE=/home/pini/debian/multistrap/armel.conf
+  MULTISTRAPFILE=/etc/multistrap/armel-squeeze.conf
-  BASETGZ=/var/lib/pdebuild-cross/pdebuild-cross.tgz
+  #BASETGZ=/var/lib/pdebuild-cross/pdebuild-cross.tgz
   BUILDPLACE=/var/lib/pdebuild-cross/build/
   BUILDRESULT=..
   APTCACHE=/var/lib/pdebuild-cross/aptcache/
-  #HOOKDIR=/usr/share/pdebuild-cross/hookdir/
+  HOOKDIR=/etc/multistrap/armel-squeeze-hooks
   APTCACHEHARDLINK=no
   PBUILDERSATISFYDEPENDSCMD=/usr/sbin/embuilddeps
@@ Line 95: / Line 90: @@
   #BINDMOUNTS="/tmp"
 You may want to change the BUILDPLACE path as well in case you're short of space in /var.
-===Creating the pbuilder chroot===
+====Creating the pbuilder chroot====
 As simple as:
   $ sudo pdebuild-cross-create
-===Setting up the git workspace===
+ $ sudo pdebuild-cross-update
 First clone the QtMoko repo:
-  $ git clone -r git://github.com/radekp/qtmoko.git
+  $ git clone --recursive git://github.com/radekp/qtmoko.git
-Create your own branch:
+Check out the v35 tag:
   $ cd qtmoko
-  $ git branch <my branch>
+  $ git checkout v35
-Merge in the ''translations'' branch:
- $ git merge origin/translations
 Patch the debian files
-  $ wget -c http://wiki.openmoko.org/images/c/c7/QtMoko-pdebuild-cross-patch.txt
+  $ wget -O - -c http://wiki.openmoko.org/images/f/f6/QtMoko-v35-pdebuild-cross-patch.txt | patch -p1
- $ patch -p1 < QtMoko-pdebuild-cross-patch.txt
+====Building the QtMoko package====
-−
 ===Building the QtMoko package===
 Create the orig tarball (once after each git merge):
-  $ tar czf ../qtmoko_36.orig.tar.gz -C .. --exclude .git --exclude .pc --exclude qtmoko/debian --transform 's:\./qtmoko:qtmoko-36:' ./qtmoko
+  $ tar czf ../qtmoko_35.orig.tar.gz -C .. --exclude .git --exclude .pc --exclude qtmoko/debian --transform 's:\./qtmoko:qtmoko-35:' ./qtmoko
 Build:
-  $ pdebuild-cross
+  $ pdebuild-cross -aarmel
-On my Zotac ZBox (amd64) the whole build takes five hours.
+On my Zotac ZBox (amd64) the whole build takes just less than five hours.