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-rw-r--r--doc/apt-get.8.xml27
-rw-r--r--doc/examples/configure-index1
2 files changed, 25 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apt-get.8.xml b/doc/apt-get.8.xml
index 11b53e5e7..9d901b492 100644
--- a/doc/apt-get.8.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-get.8.xml
@@ -54,6 +54,13 @@
<replaceable>target_release</replaceable>
</arg>
</arg>
+ <arg>
+ <option>-a=</option>
+ <arg choice='plain'>
+ <replaceable>default_architecture</replaceable>
+ </arg>
+ </arg>
+
<group choice="req">
<arg choice='plain'>update</arg>
@@ -254,8 +261,10 @@
<para>If the <option>--compile</option> option is specified
then the package will be compiled to a binary .deb using
- <command>dpkg-buildpackage</command>, if <option>--download-only</option>
- is specified then the source package will not be unpacked.</para>
+ <command>dpkg-buildpackage</command> for the architecture as
+ defined by the <command>--host-architecture</command> option.
+ If <option>--download-only</option> is specified then the source package
+ will not be unpacked.</para>
<para>A specific source version can be retrieved by postfixing the source name
with an equals and then the version to fetch, similar to the mechanism
@@ -270,7 +279,9 @@
<varlistentry><term>build-dep</term>
<listitem><para><literal>build-dep</literal> causes apt-get to install/remove packages in an
- attempt to satisfy the build dependencies for a source package.</para></listitem>
+ attempt to satisfy the build dependencies for a source package. By default the dependencies are
+ satisfied to build the package nativly. If desired a host-architecture can be specified
+ with the <option>--host-architecture</option> option instead.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term>check</term>
@@ -433,6 +444,16 @@
Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Show-Versions</literal>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>-a</option></term>
+ <term><option>--host-architecture</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>This option controls the architecture packages are built for
+ by <command>apt-get source --compile</command> and how cross-builddependencies
+ are satisfied. By default is not set which means that the host architecture
+ is the same as the build architecture (which is defined by <literal>APT::Architecture</literal>)
+ Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Host-Architecture</literal>
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry><term><option>-b</option></term><term><option>--compile</option></term>
<term><option>--build</option></term>
<listitem><para>Compile source packages after downloading them.
diff --git a/doc/examples/configure-index b/doc/examples/configure-index
index 27232d40b..49e803f91 100644
--- a/doc/examples/configure-index
+++ b/doc/examples/configure-index
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ APT
// Options for apt-get
Get
{
+ Host-Architecture "armel";
Arch-Only "false";
AllowUnauthenticated "false";
AutomaticRemove "false";