Bootstrappable packages through cyclic build-deps
In order to build sets of packages from scratch (as is needed for a new arch or flavour or on arches not capable of native building) cyclic build-dependencies need to be broken by providing 'staged' or 'minimal' builds of packages which simplify the dependency network into a tree. Cross-building also simplifies things greatly because many architecture-
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Using aarch64 bootstrap as example, get this to a state of useability in Debian/Ubuntu
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Work Items
Work items:
Patch dpkg-checkbuilddeps to check bootstrap dependencies: DONE
Patch dpkg-buildpackage to take and use - DEB_BUILD_
Push dpkg bootstraping fixes to Debian: INPROGRESS
Push dpkg bootstrapping fixes to Ubuntu: TODO
Agree build-profile syntax on debian-devel: INPROGRESS
Patch apt for build-profile support: DONE
Patch dpkg to mark stage-built packages in headers: DONE
Publish cyclic dependency loops: DONE
Fix 20 involved packages in most important loop: INPROGRESS
Update perl cross-build patch to 5.14: INPROGRESS
Add bootstrap patch to rsyslog: TODO
Mulitarch perl: INPROGRESS
Multiarch Python: DONE
Multiarch tcl cross-config script: DONE
Define mechanism for build-deb cross-name translation: TODO
Demonstrate bootstrapped build: INPROGRESS
Add checks avoiding accidentally uploading bootstrap packages to archive: TODO
Write automated bootstrap sequencing tool (dimstrap): DONE
Set up automated bootstrapping runs and logs for QA: TODO
Dependency tree
* Blueprints in grey have been implemented.
