cross-sysroot

cross-sysroot is a utility to generate sysroot for cross-compilation.

The tool expects the name of the targeted Linux distribution, its version, the targeted architecture and a file containing the list of the main required packages.
The tool will solve package dependencies and extract them into a given sysroot path.

The generated sysroot can be used as an argument for the toolchain command line argument --sysroot=

• To install the utility: pip3 install cross-sysroot

• Command usage:

usage: cross-sysroot [-h] [--verbose] --distribution {debian,ubuntu,raspbian}
                  --distribution-version DISTRIBUTION_VERSION
                  [--distribution-url DISTRIBUTION_URL] --architecture
                  {amd64,arm64,armhf,armel} --build-root BUILD_ROOT
                  package_list_file

Build package list for Linux Distribution.

positional arguments:
  package_list_file     File containing the list of packages (and their
                        versions)

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --verbose             Verbose mode
  --distribution {debian,ubuntu, raspbian}
                        Linux distribution
  --distribution-version DISTRIBUTION_VERSION
                        Linux distribution
  --distribution-url DISTRIBUTION_URL
                        Linux distribution URL
  --architecture {amd64,arm64,armhf,armel}
                        CPU Architecture
  --build-root BUILD_ROOT
                        Location to store the Linux Distribution package.
  --cross-gcc CROSS_GCC
                        GCC Path used to build the cross application. When
                        set, all GCC sysroot files are copied into the
                        sysroot.

• Example 1:

cross-sysroot --distribution debian --distribution-version stable --architecture arm64 --build-root /tmp/cross-sysroot tests/requirements-debian-jessie-arm64.txt

• Example 2: Considering CROSS_COMPILE environment variable points to your cross-compilation toolchain:

cross-sysroot --distribution debian --distribution-version stable --architecture arm64 --build-root /tmp/cross-sysroot --cross-gcc ${CROSS_COMPILE}gcc tests/requirements-debian-jessie-arm64.txt

Notes about Development/CI

• Launch the python application from source tree: PYTHONPATH=$PWD python3 -m cross_sysroot.cross_sysroot --help

• Generate a new PIP package

• Run Python linter on the code:

  sudo apt-get install pylint3 pylint3 cross_sysroot

• Run test in the source tree: PYTHONPATH=$PWD pytest

Development Information

Format of the Debian-based distribution repository

Location of Packages.gz:

• http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
• http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/dists/jessie/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

Content of Packages.gz:

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