Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2021 15:18:54 -0500 (CDT)
From: Ariadne Conill <ariadne@dereferenced.org>
To: Jeron Lau <aldaronlau@gmail.com>
cc: ~alpine/apk-tools@lists.alpinelinux.org
Subject: Re: Alpine Repository
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Hi,

Please don't top-post your replies on Alpine lists.

On Wed, 29 Sep 2021, Jeron Lau wrote:

> OK, I believe that the issue is due to platform mismatch (I'm building
> the package on x86_64 for armhf), so I think I have to use
>
> aports scripts/bootstrap.sh armhf
>
> but I'm not sure what I need to do after that in order to build for
> the other architecture.  Any tips appreciated.

No!  Do not use bootstrap.sh.  It does not do what you want.

You actually want to do the following:

1. Install qemu-arm and qemu-openrc packages.
2. Start the qemu-binfmt service.
3. Invoke abuild as `CBUILD=armhf abuild rootbld` in the directory with 
your APKBUILD to build the package.

Ariadne