Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4bug@amsat.org>
---
 tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-mipsel-cross.docker | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-mipsel-cross.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-mipsel-cross.docker
index c569a2e1b4..3c4945d78e 100644
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-mipsel-cross.docker
+++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-mipsel-cross.docker
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@ RUN dpkg --add-architecture mipsel && \
     DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive eatmydata apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
         crossbuild-essential-mipsel
 
+# <kludge> to fix "following packages have unmet dependencies" ...
+RUN apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends equivs pkg-config && \
+    apt-fake install pkgconf:mipsel=0.9.7-fake pkg-config:mipsel=0.28-1.1-fake && \
+    ln -s pkg-config /usr/bin/mipsel-linux-gnu-pkg-config
+ENV PKG_CONFIG_PATH /usr/lib/mipsel-linux-gnu/pkgconfig
+# </kludge>
+
 # Specify the cross prefix for this image (see tests/docker/common.rc)
 ENV QEMU_CONFIGURE_OPTS --cross-prefix=mipsel-linux-gnu-
 
-- 
2.11.0

Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4bug@amsat.org> writes:

> Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4bug@amsat.org>
> ---
>  tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-mipsel-cross.docker | 7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-mipsel-cross.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-mipsel-cross.docker
> index c569a2e1b4..3c4945d78e 100644
> --- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-mipsel-cross.docker
> +++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-mipsel-cross.docker
> @@ -12,6 +12,13 @@ RUN dpkg --add-architecture mipsel && \
>      DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive eatmydata apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
>          crossbuild-essential-mipsel
>
> +# <kludge> to fix "following packages have unmet dependencies" ...
> +RUN apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends equivs pkg-config && \
> +    apt-fake install pkgconf:mipsel=0.9.7-fake
> pkg-config:mipsel=0.28-1.1-fake && \

I'll take your word that this fixes the problem for broken packages.
When I ran into these I just started using the linux-user approach
because it seemed fragile otherwise.

I assume a dot release of any of these packages might break the image
build?

> +    ln -s pkg-config /usr/bin/mipsel-linux-gnu-pkg-config
> +ENV PKG_CONFIG_PATH /usr/lib/mipsel-linux-gnu/pkgconfig
> +
Reviewed-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>

>  # Specify the cross prefix for this image (see tests/docker/common.rc)
>  ENV QEMU_CONFIGURE_OPTS --cross-prefix=mipsel-linux-gnu-


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Alex Bennée