Add cross-compile and parallel build support to nux

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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Riku, you should probably set this bug to assigned to yourself and maybe set it to "In Progress"

Hi,

> Riku, you should probably set this bug to assigned to yourself and maybe set it to "In Progress"

I'm not a maintainer/developer in nux so I don't think I can assign it to myself?

I'm pretty sure you can. I can assign it to myself and I'm a "nobody" (so
to speak)

Sincerely,
Kroq-gar78

On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 2:24 AM, Riku Voipio <email address hidden> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> > Riku, you should probably set this bug to assigned to yourself and
> maybe set it to "In Progress"
>
> I'm not a maintainer/developer in nux so I don't think I can assign it
> to myself?
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/987280
>
> Title:
> Add cross-compile and parallel build support to nux
>
> Status in “nux” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Since nux is quite slow to build on arm, having it cross-compilable
> would be nice. The attached changes to debian/rules make it possible
> by:
>
> 1) exporting the correct pkg-config
> 2) disabling tests explicitly (this was already implicit as the gtest and
> other components needed for complile are missing)
> 3) as extra bonus, support "DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=parallel=3 " syntax for
> multicore building.
>
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On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 4:24 AM, Riku Voipio <email address hidden> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>> Riku, you should probably set this bug to assigned to yourself and
> maybe set it to "In Progress"
>
> I'm not a maintainer/developer in nux so I don't think I can assign it
> to myself?

It's fine to assign the bug to yourself, and which helps once you get
the debdiff sponsored, as the launchpad autoclose will get you a few
extra karma points :-)