APT-CROSS README ================ If you are using apt-cross from SVN, ensure you have the apt-cross dependencies installed. See debian/control in SVN: http://www.emdebian.org/repos/tools/apt-cross/debian/control NOTES ----- apt-cross is able to track dependencies but it is limited to packages suitable for dpkg-cross. It is not possible to use: apt-cross -i gnome for example. apt-cross is only for cross-compiling support, it is not intended to implement a complete cross environment. NORTHERNCROSS ------------- Original Git source: http://git.slind.org/gitrepos/northern-cross.git/ NorthernCross is Copyright (c) 2006, 2007 Alexander Shishkin The main changes to the nc code were: 1. Prevent errors and warnings from 'use strict;' 2. Drop NorthernCross::Pool 3. Convert NorthernCross/Cache.pl into NorthernCross::Cache 4. Convert nc to not require sudo, except when installing 5. Expose the underlying lookup functions to provide access to the raw nc data instead of pre-formatted text output. 6. Increased flexibility in output control to allow completely silent operation as well as very, very verbose. APT-RDEPENDS ------------ NorthernCross dependency parsing was replaced with dependency code from apt-rdepends (Copyright (C) 2002-2005 Simon Law ) which has also been modified slightly to work within apt-cross. FUTURE ------ Important: apt-cross has a *very* limited future. It is a tool for a particular stage in the process of making Debian cross-building friendly and as such it serves as a means to an end. As more dpkg-cross code migrates into dpkg-dev, apt-cross will become less important. Simultaneously, making apt cross-build friendly will become easier. The ultimate aim is therefore to aim for apt to replace apt-cross in a coordinated migration with dpkg-cross and dpkg. Eventually, when the core dpkg-cross functionality is merged into dpkg, apt-cross will be removed from Debian and the relevant versions of dpkg and apt will Replace: and Conflict: with dpkg-cross and apt-cross respectively. Anyone looking at the apt-cross source code needs to be aware that any improvements will only have a limited lifespan.