2 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/package_deb.bbclass b/meta/classes/package_deb.bbclass
index 87e20da843..5a32047322 100644
--- a/meta/classes/package_deb.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/package_deb.bbclass
@@ -6,13 +6,7 @@ inherit package
 
 IMAGE_PKGTYPE ?= "deb"
 
-# Map TARGET_ARCH to Debian's ideas about architectures
 DPKG_ARCH ?= "${TARGET_ARCH}" 
-DPKG_ARCH_x86 ?= "i386"
-DPKG_ARCH_i486 ?= "i386"
-DPKG_ARCH_i586 ?= "i386"
-DPKG_ARCH_i686 ?= "i386"
-DPKG_ARCH_pentium ?= "i386"
 
 PKGWRITEDIRDEB = "${WORKDIR}/deploy-debs"
 
@@ -418,6 +412,10 @@ python () {
         bb.data.setVarFlag('do_package_write_deb', 'depends', " ".join(deps), d)
         bb.data.setVarFlag('do_package_write_deb', 'fakeroot', "1", d)
         bb.data.setVarFlag('do_package_write_deb_setscene', 'fakeroot', "1", d)
+
+    # Map TARGET_ARCH to Debian's ideas about architectures
+    if bb.data.getVar('DPKG_ARCH', d, True) in ["x86", "i486", "i586", "i686", "pentium"]:
+        bb.data.setVar('DPKG_ARCH', 'i386', d)
 }
 
 python do_package_write_deb () {
diff --git a/meta/classes/populate_sdk_deb.bbclass b/meta/classes/populate_sdk_deb.bbclass
index 40516b856c..2cff69e827 100644
--- a/meta/classes/populate_sdk_deb.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/populate_sdk_deb.bbclass
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ do_populate_sdk[depends] += "dpkg-native:do_populate_sysroot apt-native:do_popul
 do_populate_sdk[recrdeptask] += "do_package_write_deb"
 
 
+DEB_SDK_ARCH = "${@[bb.data.getVar('SDK_ARCH', d, 1), "i386"]\
+                [bb.data.getVar('SDK_ARCH', d, 1) in \
+                ["x86", "i486", "i586", "i686", "pentium"]]}"
+
 populate_sdk_post_deb () {
 
         local target_rootfs=$1
@@ -37,7 +41,7 @@ fakeroot populate_sdk_deb () {
         ## install nativesdk ##
         echo "Installing NATIVESDK packages"
         export INSTALL_ROOTFS_DEB="${SDK_OUTPUT}"
-        export INSTALL_BASEARCH_DEB="${SDK_ARCH}"
+        export INSTALL_BASEARCH_DEB="${DEB_SDK_ARCH}"
         export INSTALL_ARCHS_DEB="${SDK_PACKAGE_ARCHS}"
         export INSTALL_PACKAGES_NORMAL_DEB="${TOOLCHAIN_HOST_TASK}"
         export INSTALL_PACKAGES_ATTEMPTONLY_DEB=""