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Update re the qemu-user-static bug

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Tony Garnock-Jones 2022-10-12 14:02:21 +02:00
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@ -41,10 +41,7 @@ Synit builds upon many existing technologies, but primarily relies on the follow
- <a id="binfmt"></a>For cross builds (e.g. the very common case of building for `aarch64` on
an `x86_64` host), `qemu` and its `binfmt` support. On Debian, `apt install binfmt-support
qemu-user-static`. (**NB.** Version `1:7.0+dfsg-7` of `qemu-user-static` has a bug (possibly
[this one](https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1014177)) which makes
Docker-based cross builds hang. *Downgrading* `qemu-user-static` to version
`1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u2` worked for me.)
qemu-user-static`.[^debian-qemu-bug]
- Source code for Synit components (see below).
@ -141,3 +138,12 @@ README](https://git.syndicate-lang.org/tonyg/squeak-phone/src/branch/main/README
With luck, you'll see the Smalltalk user interface start up. (If you didn't install the UI, you
should still be able to `ssh` into the system.) From here, you can operate the system normally,
following the information in [the following chapter](./operation/index.md).
---
#### Notes
[^debian-qemu-bug]: Version `1:7.0+dfsg-7` of `qemu-user-static` has a bug (possibly [this
one](https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1014177)) which makes Docker-based
cross builds hang. *Downgrading* `qemu-user-static` to version `1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u2`
worked for me, as did *upgrading* (as of October 2022) to version `1:7.1+dfsg-2`.