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diff --git a/dev/releases/1/multiarch.mdwn b/dev/releases/1/multiarch.mdwn index 6fefd3a..4da9437 100644 --- a/dev/releases/1/multiarch.mdwn +++ b/dev/releases/1/multiarch.mdwn @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -[[!meta title="Release Series 1 Goal: Multiarch"]] +[[!meta title="Release Series 1 Goal: Multiarch Library and Include Directories"]] A goal for [[release_1.0|dev/releases/1]] is partial multiarch support. @@ -8,31 +8,30 @@ See also the [[multiarch_design_details|dev/multiarch/design]]. Scope ===== -It should be possible to manually install packages of specific architectures to -facilitate cross building and cross installation of packages. Additionally, all -packages that provide architecture-dependent files and are to be coinstallable -should support coinstallation, so that no major changes need to be made to file -locations to complete the multiarch implementation. Note that coinstallability -itself is not a goal for this release series. +It should be possible to manually install development packages of specific +architectures to facilitate cross building of packages. All packages that +provide architecture-dependent libraries and header files should be +coinstallable, so that no major changes need to be made to file locations to +complete the multiarch implementation. Note that coinstallation support in the +package manager is not a goal for this release series. This means that: - * A filesystem hierarchy with architecture-dependent paths for libraries and - executable programs should be designed and documented in the Packaging - Policy, - * Architecture-dependent files provided by packages that are to be - coinstallable should be installed in architecture-dependent locations, + * A file system hierarchy with architecture-specific directories for libraries + and header files should be designed and documented in the Packaging Policy, + * Architecture-dependent libraries and header files provided by packages that + are to be coinstallable should be installed in architecture-specific + locations, * To the extent possible and reasonable, architecture-independent files should not be provided by packages that are to be coinstallable, * Relevant toolchain packages should be configured and/or patched to use - architecture-dependent library paths, - * The `PATH` environment variable should be set to contain native-architecture - executable program directories, and - * opkg should be modified to support `<pkg>:<arch>` names in its `install` - command. + architecture-specific library and include paths, Not included in this release goal are: + * Architecture-specific directories for executables, + * Coinstallability of packages providing executable files, + * Support in opkg for installing packages built for foreign architectures, * Control information to document package coinstallability and inter-architecture dependency satisfaction, and * Handling of architecture-independent files provided by coinstallable |