2 files changed, 39 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/dpkg/dpkg/add_armeb_triplet_entry.patch b/meta/recipes-devtools/dpkg/dpkg/add_armeb_triplet_entry.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..af275dec17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/dpkg/dpkg/add_armeb_triplet_entry.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+Author: Krishnanjanappa, Jagadeesh <jagadeesh.krishnanjanappa@caviumnetworks.com>
+Date:   Wed Apr 8 18:08:14 2015 +0530
+
+[PATCH] add armeb triplet entry into triplettable.
+
+Cross-compling dpkg application for armeb fails with below error
+during configure task,
+
+(snip)
+ configure:23141: checking dpkg cpu type
+ configure:23148: result: armeb
+ configure:23150: WARNING: armeb not found in cputable
+ configure:23162: checking dpkg operating system type
+ configure:23169: result: linux-gnueabi
+ configure:23171: WARNING: linux-gnueabi not found in ostable
+ configure:23183: checking dpkg architecture name
+ configure:23189: error: cannot determine host dpkg architecture
+-- CUT --
+
+the required combination of "gnueabi-linux-armeb" was not found in
+the triplettable file thereby returning dpkg_arch as
+empty in configure script.
+
+Upstream-Status: Pending
+
+Signed-off-by: Krishnanjanappa, Jagadeesh <jagadeesh.krishnanjanappa@caviumnetworks.com>
+
+diff -Naurp dpkg-1.17.21_org/triplettable dpkg-1.17.21/triplettable
+--- dpkg-1.17.21_org/triplettable       2015-04-08 17:08:52.370759171 +0530
++++ dpkg-1.17.21/triplettable   2015-04-08 17:09:12.406752081 +0530
+@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ musleabihf-linux-arm    musl-linux-armhf
+ musl-linux-<cpu>       musl-linux-<cpu>
+ gnueabihf-linux-arm    armhf
+ gnueabi-linux-arm      armel
++gnueabi-linux-armeb    armeb
+ gnuabin32-linux-mips64el       mipsn32el
+ gnuabin32-linux-mips64 mipsn32
+ gnuabi64-linux-mips64el        mips64el
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/dpkg/dpkg_1.17.21.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/dpkg/dpkg_1.17.21.bb
index 15c0277015..ebb8671473 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/dpkg/dpkg_1.17.21.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/dpkg/dpkg_1.17.21.bb
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ SRC_URI += "file://noman.patch \
             file://dpkg-configure.service \
             file://glibc2.5-sync_file_range.patch \
             file://no-vla-warning.patch \
+            file://add_armeb_triplet_entry.patch \
            "
 
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "765a96fd0180196613bbfa3c4aef0775"