diff -Naur -x '*.sw*' build-essential-11.5.orig/debian/changelog cross-build-essential-11.6/debian/changelog
--- build-essential-11.5.orig/debian/changelog	2010-03-14 17:53:47.000000000 -0400
+++ cross-build-essential-11.6/debian/changelog	2012-06-28 16:16:42.605495146 -0400
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+cross-build-essential (11.6) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Rename package to cross-build-essential.
+    - New maintainer.
+    - Generate debian/control from files in debian/control.in.
+    - Build crossbuild-essential-<target> packages.
+    - Support arch qualifiers in list2depends.
+
+ -- "P. J. McDermott" <pjm@nac.net>  Tue, 26 Jun 2012 23:19:13 -0400
+
 build-essential (11.5) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Bump dependencies on gcc and g++ to 4.4.3.
diff -Naur -x '*.sw*' build-essential-11.5.orig/debian/control cross-build-essential-11.6/debian/control
--- build-essential-11.5.orig/debian/control	2010-03-14 17:47:08.000000000 -0400
+++ cross-build-essential-11.6/debian/control	2012-06-27 21:39:14.901610216 -0400
@@ -1,32 +1,274 @@
-Source: build-essential
+Source: cross-build-essential
 Section: devel
 Priority: optional
-Maintainer: Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>
-Uploaders: Scott James Remnant <scott@netsplit.com>
+Maintainer: "P. J. McDermott" <pjm@nac.net>
+Uploaders: Wookey <wookey@debian.org>
 Standards-Version: 3.8.4
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 5.0), python (>= 2.1)
 
-Package: build-essential
-Architecture: any
+Package: crossbuild-essential-amd64
+Architecture: all
 Depends: ${build-essential}, ${misc:Depends}
-Description: Informational list of build-essential packages
- If you do not plan to build Debian packages, you don't need this
- package.  Starting with dpkg (>= 1.14.18) this package is required
- for building Debian packages.
+Description: Informational list of cross-build-essential packages
+ If you do not plan to cross build Debian packages, you don't need
+ this package.  Starting with sbuild (>= 0.63.0) this package is
+ required for cross building Debian packages in a chroot.
  .
  This package contains an informational list of packages which are
- considered essential for building Debian packages.  This package also
- depends on the packages on that list, to make it easy to have the
- build-essential packages installed.
+ considered essential for cross building Debian packages.  This
+ package also depends on the packages on that list, to make it easy to
+ have the cross-build-essential packages installed.
  .
  If you have this package installed, you only need to install whatever
- a package specifies as its build-time dependencies to build the
+ a package specifies as its build-time dependencies to cross build the
  package.  Conversely, if you are determining what your package needs
  to build-depend on, you can always leave out the packages this
  package depends on.
+
+Package: crossbuild-essential-armel
+Architecture: all
+Depends: ${build-essential}, ${misc:Depends}
+Description: Informational list of cross-build-essential packages
+ If you do not plan to cross build Debian packages, you don't need
+ this package.  Starting with sbuild (>= 0.63.0) this package is
+ required for cross building Debian packages in a chroot.
+ .
+ This package contains an informational list of packages which are
+ considered essential for cross building Debian packages.  This
+ package also depends on the packages on that list, to make it easy to
+ have the cross-build-essential packages installed.
+ .
+ If you have this package installed, you only need to install whatever
+ a package specifies as its build-time dependencies to cross build the
+ package.  Conversely, if you are determining what your package needs
+ to build-depend on, you can always leave out the packages this
+ package depends on.
+
+Package: crossbuild-essential-armhf
+Architecture: all
+Depends: ${build-essential}, ${misc:Depends}
+Description: Informational list of cross-build-essential packages
+ If you do not plan to cross build Debian packages, you don't need
+ this package.  Starting with sbuild (>= 0.63.0) this package is
+ required for cross building Debian packages in a chroot.
+ .
+ This package contains an informational list of packages which are
+ considered essential for cross building Debian packages.  This
+ package also depends on the packages on that list, to make it easy to
+ have the cross-build-essential packages installed.
+ .
+ If you have this package installed, you only need to install whatever
+ a package specifies as its build-time dependencies to cross build the
+ package.  Conversely, if you are determining what your package needs
+ to build-depend on, you can always leave out the packages this
+ package depends on.
+
+Package: crossbuild-essential-hurd-i386
+Architecture: all
+Depends: ${build-essential}, ${misc:Depends}
+Description: Informational list of cross-build-essential packages
+ If you do not plan to cross build Debian packages, you don't need
+ this package.  Starting with sbuild (>= 0.63.0) this package is
+ required for cross building Debian packages in a chroot.
+ .
+ This package contains an informational list of packages which are
+ considered essential for cross building Debian packages.  This
+ package also depends on the packages on that list, to make it easy to
+ have the cross-build-essential packages installed.
  .
- This package is NOT the definition of what packages are
- build-essential; the real definition is in the Debian Policy Manual.
- This package contains merely an informational list, which is all
- most people need.   However, if this package and the manual disagree,
- the manual is correct.
+ If you have this package installed, you only need to install whatever
+ a package specifies as its build-time dependencies to cross build the
+ package.  Conversely, if you are determining what your package needs
+ to build-depend on, you can always leave out the packages this
+ package depends on.
+
+Package: crossbuild-essential-i386
+Architecture: all
+Depends: ${build-essential}, ${misc:Depends}
+Description: Informational list of cross-build-essential packages
+ If you do not plan to cross build Debian packages, you don't need
+ this package.  Starting with sbuild (>= 0.63.0) this package is
+ required for cross building Debian packages in a chroot.
+ .
+ This package contains an informational list of packages which are
+ considered essential for cross building Debian packages.  This
+ package also depends on the packages on that list, to make it easy to
+ have the cross-build-essential packages installed.
+ .
+ If you have this package installed, you only need to install whatever
+ a package specifies as its build-time dependencies to cross build the
+ package.  Conversely, if you are determining what your package needs
+ to build-depend on, you can always leave out the packages this
+ package depends on.
+
+Package: crossbuild-essential-ia64
+Architecture: all
+Depends: ${build-essential}, ${misc:Depends}
+Description: Informational list of cross-build-essential packages
+ If you do not plan to cross build Debian packages, you don't need
+ this package.  Starting with sbuild (>= 0.63.0) this package is
+ required for cross building Debian packages in a chroot.
+ .
+ This package contains an informational list of packages which are
+ considered essential for cross building Debian packages.  This
+ package also depends on the packages on that list, to make it easy to
+ have the cross-build-essential packages installed.
+ .
+ If you have this package installed, you only need to install whatever
+ a package specifies as its build-time dependencies to cross build the
+ package.  Conversely, if you are determining what your package needs
+ to build-depend on, you can always leave out the packages this
+ package depends on.
+
+Package: crossbuild-essential-kfreebsd-amd64
+Architecture: all
+Depends: ${build-essential}, ${misc:Depends}
+Description: Informational list of cross-build-essential packages
+ If you do not plan to cross build Debian packages, you don't need
+ this package.  Starting with sbuild (>= 0.63.0) this package is
+ required for cross building Debian packages in a chroot.
+ .
+ This package contains an informational list of packages which are
+ considered essential for cross building Debian packages.  This
+ package also depends on the packages on that list, to make it easy to
+ have the cross-build-essential packages installed.
+ .
+ If you have this package installed, you only need to install whatever
+ a package specifies as its build-time dependencies to cross build the
+ package.  Conversely, if you are determining what your package needs
+ to build-depend on, you can always leave out the packages this
+ package depends on.
+
+Package: crossbuild-essential-kfreebsd-i386
+Architecture: all
+Depends: ${build-essential}, ${misc:Depends}
+Description: Informational list of cross-build-essential packages
+ If you do not plan to cross build Debian packages, you don't need
+ this package.  Starting with sbuild (>= 0.63.0) this package is
+ required for cross building Debian packages in a chroot.
+ .
+ This package contains an informational list of packages which are
+ considered essential for cross building Debian packages.  This
+ package also depends on the packages on that list, to make it easy to
+ have the cross-build-essential packages installed.
+ .
+ If you have this package installed, you only need to install whatever
+ a package specifies as its build-time dependencies to cross build the
+ package.  Conversely, if you are determining what your package needs
+ to build-depend on, you can always leave out the packages this
+ package depends on.
+
+Package: crossbuild-essential-mips
+Architecture: all
+Depends: ${build-essential}, ${misc:Depends}
+Description: Informational list of cross-build-essential packages
+ If you do not plan to cross build Debian packages, you don't need
+ this package.  Starting with sbuild (>= 0.63.0) this package is
+ required for cross building Debian packages in a chroot.
+ .
+ This package contains an informational list of packages which are
+ considered essential for cross building Debian packages.  This
+ package also depends on the packages on that list, to make it easy to
+ have the cross-build-essential packages installed.
+ .
+ If you have this package installed, you only need to install whatever
+ a package specifies as its build-time dependencies to cross build the
+ package.  Conversely, if you are determining what your package needs
+ to build-depend on, you can always leave out the packages this
+ package depends on.
+
+Package: crossbuild-essential-mipsel
+Architecture: all
+Depends: ${build-essential}, ${misc:Depends}
+Description: Informational list of cross-build-essential packages
+ If you do not plan to cross build Debian packages, you don't need
+ this package.  Starting with sbuild (>= 0.63.0) this package is
+ required for cross building Debian packages in a chroot.
+ .
+ This package contains an informational list of packages which are
+ considered essential for cross building Debian packages.  This
+ package also depends on the packages on that list, to make it easy to
+ have the cross-build-essential packages installed.
+ .
+ If you have this package installed, you only need to install whatever
+ a package specifies as its build-time dependencies to cross build the
+ package.  Conversely, if you are determining what your package needs
+ to build-depend on, you can always leave out the packages this
+ package depends on.
+
+Package: crossbuild-essential-powerpc
+Architecture: all
+Depends: ${build-essential}, ${misc:Depends}
+Description: Informational list of cross-build-essential packages
+ If you do not plan to cross build Debian packages, you don't need
+ this package.  Starting with sbuild (>= 0.63.0) this package is
+ required for cross building Debian packages in a chroot.
+ .
+ This package contains an informational list of packages which are
+ considered essential for cross building Debian packages.  This
+ package also depends on the packages on that list, to make it easy to
+ have the cross-build-essential packages installed.
+ .
+ If you have this package installed, you only need to install whatever
+ a package specifies as its build-time dependencies to cross build the
+ package.  Conversely, if you are determining what your package needs
+ to build-depend on, you can always leave out the packages this
+ package depends on.
+
+Package: crossbuild-essential-s390
+Architecture: all
+Depends: ${build-essential}, ${misc:Depends}
+Description: Informational list of cross-build-essential packages
+ If you do not plan to cross build Debian packages, you don't need
+ this package.  Starting with sbuild (>= 0.63.0) this package is
+ required for cross building Debian packages in a chroot.
+ .
+ This package contains an informational list of packages which are
+ considered essential for cross building Debian packages.  This
+ package also depends on the packages on that list, to make it easy to
+ have the cross-build-essential packages installed.
+ .
+ If you have this package installed, you only need to install whatever
+ a package specifies as its build-time dependencies to cross build the
+ package.  Conversely, if you are determining what your package needs
+ to build-depend on, you can always leave out the packages this
+ package depends on.
+
+Package: crossbuild-essential-s390x
+Architecture: all
+Depends: ${build-essential}, ${misc:Depends}
+Description: Informational list of cross-build-essential packages
+ If you do not plan to cross build Debian packages, you don't need
+ this package.  Starting with sbuild (>= 0.63.0) this package is
+ required for cross building Debian packages in a chroot.
+ .
+ This package contains an informational list of packages which are
+ considered essential for cross building Debian packages.  This
+ package also depends on the packages on that list, to make it easy to
+ have the cross-build-essential packages installed.
+ .
+ If you have this package installed, you only need to install whatever
+ a package specifies as its build-time dependencies to cross build the
+ package.  Conversely, if you are determining what your package needs
+ to build-depend on, you can always leave out the packages this
+ package depends on.
+
+Package: crossbuild-essential-sparc
+Architecture: all
+Depends: ${build-essential}, ${misc:Depends}
+Description: Informational list of cross-build-essential packages
+ If you do not plan to cross build Debian packages, you don't need
+ this package.  Starting with sbuild (>= 0.63.0) this package is
+ required for cross building Debian packages in a chroot.
+ .
+ This package contains an informational list of packages which are
+ considered essential for cross building Debian packages.  This
+ package also depends on the packages on that list, to make it easy to
+ have the cross-build-essential packages installed.
+ .
+ If you have this package installed, you only need to install whatever
+ a package specifies as its build-time dependencies to cross build the
+ package.  Conversely, if you are determining what your package needs
+ to build-depend on, you can always leave out the packages this
+ package depends on.
+
diff -Naur -x '*.sw*' build-essential-11.5.orig/debian/control.in/cross cross-build-essential-11.6/debian/control.in/cross
--- build-essential-11.5.orig/debian/control.in/cross	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ cross-build-essential-11.6/debian/control.in/cross	2012-06-26 23:02:00.002621324 -0400
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+Package: crossbuild-essential-@DEB_TARGET_ARCH@
+Architecture: all
+Depends: ${build-essential}, ${misc:Depends}
+Description: Informational list of cross-build-essential packages
+ If you do not plan to cross build Debian packages, you don't need
+ this package.  Starting with sbuild (>= 0.63.0) this package is
+ required for cross building Debian packages in a chroot.
+ .
+ This package contains an informational list of packages which are
+ considered essential for cross building Debian packages.  This
+ package also depends on the packages on that list, to make it easy to
+ have the cross-build-essential packages installed.
+ .
+ If you have this package installed, you only need to install whatever
+ a package specifies as its build-time dependencies to cross build the
+ package.  Conversely, if you are determining what your package needs
+ to build-depend on, you can always leave out the packages this
+ package depends on.
+
diff -Naur -x '*.sw*' build-essential-11.5.orig/debian/control.in/main cross-build-essential-11.6/debian/control.in/main
--- build-essential-11.5.orig/debian/control.in/main	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ cross-build-essential-11.6/debian/control.in/main	2012-06-27 21:39:01.085232096 -0400
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Source: cross-build-essential
+Section: devel
+Priority: optional
+Maintainer: "P. J. McDermott" <pjm@nac.net>
+Uploaders: Wookey <wookey@debian.org>
+Standards-Version: 3.8.4
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 5.0), python (>= 2.1)
+
diff -Naur -x '*.sw*' build-essential-11.5.orig/debian/copyright cross-build-essential-11.6/debian/copyright
--- build-essential-11.5.orig/debian/copyright	2005-07-05 12:26:03.000000000 -0400
+++ cross-build-essential-11.6/debian/copyright	2012-06-27 00:05:03.793249418 -0400
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 This package contains an informational list of Build-Essential Debian
 packages.
 
+Copyright © 2012 Patrick "P. J." McDermott <pjm@nac.net>
 Copyright © 2003-2005 Scott James Remnant <scott@netsplit.com>
 Copyright © 2003 Colin Walters <walters@debian.org>
 Copyright © 1999-2002 Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho <ajk@debian.org>
diff -Naur -x '*.sw*' build-essential-11.5.orig/debian/cross-targets cross-build-essential-11.6/debian/cross-targets
--- build-essential-11.5.orig/debian/cross-targets	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ cross-build-essential-11.6/debian/cross-targets	2012-06-26 23:49:14.295878097 -0400
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+amd64
+armel
+armhf
+hurd-i386
+i386
+ia64
+kfreebsd-amd64
+kfreebsd-i386
+mips
+mipsel
+powerpc
+s390
+s390x
+sparc
diff -Naur -x '*.sw*' build-essential-11.5.orig/debian/rules cross-build-essential-11.6/debian/rules
--- build-essential-11.5.orig/debian/rules	2010-03-14 17:47:42.000000000 -0400
+++ cross-build-essential-11.6/debian/rules	2012-06-27 23:30:02.592713931 -0400
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
 # debian/rules for the Debian build-essential package.
 # Copyright © 2003, 2004 Scott James Remnant <scott@netsplit.com>
+# Copyright © 2012 Patrick "P. J." McDermott <pjm@nac.net>
 
 # Uncomment this to turn on verbose mode. 
 #export DH_VERBOSE=1
@@ -8,19 +9,43 @@
 DEB_HOST_ARCH ?= $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_ARCH)
 
 
-build: build-stamp
-build-stamp: configure
+debian/control:
+	cat debian/control.in/main > $@
+	while read arch; do \
+		sed -e "s/@DEB_TARGET_ARCH@/$${arch}/g" debian/control.in/cross >> $@; \
+		done < debian/cross-targets
+
+build-arch: build-arch-stamp
+build-arch-stamp: configure debian/control
+# Uncomment this to support building the native build-essential package.
+#	dh_testdir
+#
+#	./configure --prefix=/usr
+#	$(MAKE)
+#
+#	touch build-arch-stamp
+
+build-indep: build-indep-stamp
+build-indep-stamp: configure debian/control
 	dh_testdir
 
+	while read arch; do \
+		triplet=$$(dpkg-architecture -a$${arch} \
+			-qDEB_HOST_MULTIARCH 2>/dev/null); \
+		sed -e "s/@DEB_TARGET_ARCH@/$${arch}/g" \
+			-e "s/@DEB_TARGET_MULTIARCH@/$${triplet}/g" \
+			list.cross > list.$${arch}; \
+		done < debian/cross-targets
+
 	./configure --prefix=/usr
 	$(MAKE)
 
-	touch build-stamp
+	touch build-indep-stamp
 
 clean: configure
 	dh_testdir
 	dh_testroot
-	rm -f build-stamp
+	rm -f build-indep-stamp build-arch-stamp
 
 	-$(MAKE) -k distclean
 	rm -f config.cache config.log config.status
@@ -28,32 +53,54 @@
 
 	dh_clean
 
+	for file in list.*; do \
+		case $${file} in \
+			list|list.cross) continue;; \
+			*) rm -f $${file};; \
+		esac; \
+		done
+
 # Make it as clean as svn can make it.
 svnclean: clean
 	rm -rf `svn propget svn:ignore`
 
-install: build
+install-indep: build-indep
 	dh_testdir
 	dh_testroot
 	dh_clean -k
 	dh_installdirs
 
-	$(MAKE) prefix=`pwd`/debian/build-essential/usr install
-
-	printf > debian/build-essential.substvars "build-essential=%s\n" \
-		"`./list2depends $(DEB_HOST_ARCH) < list`"
-
-	mkdir -p debian/build-essential/usr/share/doc/build-essential
-	ln -s	../../build-essential/list \
-		../../build-essential/essential-packages-list \
-		debian/build-essential/usr/share/doc/build-essential
+	while read arch; do \
+		pkg=crossbuild-essential-$${arch}; \
+		$(MAKE) prefix=`pwd`/debian/$${pkg}/usr install; \
+		rm debian/$${pkg}/usr/share/build-essential/essential-packages-list; \
+		mv debian/$${pkg}/usr/share/build-essential \
+			debian/$${pkg}/usr/share/$${pkg}; \
+		printf > debian/$${pkg}.substvars "build-essential=%s\n" \
+			"`./list2depends $${arch} < list.$${arch}`"; \
+		mkdir -p debian/$${pkg}/usr/share/doc/$${pkg}; \
+		ln -s ../../$${pkg}/list debian/$${pkg}/usr/share/doc/$${pkg}; \
+		done < debian/cross-targets
+
+install-arch: build-arch
+# Uncomment this to support building the native build-essential package.
+#	dh_testdir
+#	dh_testroot
+#	dh_clean -k
+#	dh_installdirs
+#
+#	$(MAKE) prefix=`pwd`/debian/build-essential/usr install
+#
+#	printf > debian/build-essential.substvars "build-essential=%s\n" \
+#		"`./list2depends $(DEB_HOST_ARCH) < list`"
+#
+#	mkdir -p debian/build-essential/usr/share/doc/build-essential
+#	ln -s	../../build-essential/list \
+#		../../build-essential/essential-packages-list \
+#		debian/build-essential/usr/share/doc/build-essential
 
 # Build architecture-independent files here.
-binary-indep: build install
-# Nothing to do
-
-# Build architecture-dependent files here.
-binary-arch: build install
+binary-indep: build-indep install-indep
 	dh_testdir
 	dh_testroot
 
@@ -67,5 +114,23 @@
 	dh_md5sums
 	dh_builddeb
 
+# Build architecture-dependent files here.
+binary-arch: build-arch install-arch
+# Uncomment this to support building the native build-essential package.
+#	dh_testdir
+#	dh_testroot
+#
+#	dh_installdocs
+#	dh_installchangelogs
+#	dh_link
+#	dh_compress
+#	dh_fixperms
+#	dh_installdeb
+#	dh_gencontrol
+#	dh_md5sums
+#	dh_builddeb
+
+build: build-indep build-arch
 binary: binary-indep binary-arch
-.PHONY: build clean svnclean binary-indep binary-arch binary install
+.PHONY: build-indep build-arch build clean svnclean
+.PHONY: binary-indep binary-arch binary install-indep install-arch
diff -Naur -x '*.sw*' build-essential-11.5.orig/list2depends cross-build-essential-11.6/list2depends
--- build-essential-11.5.orig/list2depends	2003-09-25 21:13:30.000000000 -0400
+++ cross-build-essential-11.6/list2depends	2012-06-24 16:43:32.565551272 -0400
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 end_header = 'END LIST OF PACKAGES\n'
 
 comment_re = re.compile("^\s+")
-depends_re = re.compile('([-a-z0-9+.]+)\s*(\\(.+?\\))?\s*(\\[(.+?)\\])?')
+depends_re = re.compile('([-a-z0-9+.]+(:[-a-z0-9]+)?)\s*(\\(.+?\\))?\s*(\\[(.+?)\\])?')
 
 line = sys.stdin.readline()
 
@@ -47,16 +47,16 @@
         match = depends_re.search(pkg)
         if match:
             pkgname = match.group(1).strip()
-            verdep = match.group(2)
+            verdep = match.group(3)
             if not verdep:
                 verdep = ''
             verdep = verdep.strip()
-            archdeps = match.group(4) 
+            archdeps = match.group(5) 
             if debug:
                 sys.stderr.write("data: '%s' '%s' '%s'\n" % (pkgname, verdep, archdeps))
             included = 1
             if archdeps:
-                archdeps = match.group(4).strip().split()
+                archdeps = match.group(5).strip().split()
                 included = 0
                 for arch in archdeps:
                     if debug:
diff -Naur -x '*.sw*' build-essential-11.5.orig/list.cross cross-build-essential-11.6/list.cross
--- build-essential-11.5.orig/list.cross	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ cross-build-essential-11.6/list.cross	2012-06-26 23:09:37.653699951 -0400
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+                List of Cross-Build-Essential packages
+                    as of 2012-06-24, Debian sid
+
+This file lists the non-essential packages that are cross-build-
+essential.  The list is not closed under the "depends on" relation, so
+one will usually need to install more packages than given here.
+
+This list attempts to document the set of cross-build-essential
+packages as well as possible.  However, it is not authoritative
+(actually, there is no authoritative list at all).
+
+The list is given below in a format which is readable by both humans and
+programs.  The format is described at the end of this file.
+
+BEGIN LIST OF PACKAGES
+libc-dev:@DEB_TARGET_ARCH@
+  Provides the ISO C standard library
+  Indirectly depended on by g++, but we'll ignore
+  it since libc6-dev is used for non-C++ programs too.
+
+c-compiler-@DEB_TARGET_MULTIARCH@ (>= 4:4.4.3)
+c++-compiler-@DEB_TARGET_MULTIARCH@ (>= 4:4.4.3)
+
+  NOTE:
+  The libstdc++ -dev library is not needed, as g++ depends on it
+
+pkg-config-@DEB_TARGET_MULTIARCH@
+
+dpkg-cross
+
+END LIST OF PACKAGES
+
+Here's the format definition:
+
+   - First line is the following, without any leading or trailing
+     whitespace:
+        BEGIN LIST OF PACKAGES
+
+   - Last line is the following, without any leading or trailing
+     whitespace:
+        END LIST OF PACKAGES
+
+   - A line with leading whitespace is a comment.
+
+   - Other lines are joined with end-of-line replaced by comma, and
+     the result is parsed like the body of the Build-Depends field.
+     The list of build-essential packages for a particular
+     architecture is constructed from the result list by ignoring all
+     the package name - package version pairs which would be ignored
+     if we were building for that architecture and then removing the
+     architecture specifications.
+
+The Python program list2depends parses stdin as if it were this
+file and outputs one line that is suitable for use in a dependency
+field body of a Debian binary package.
+
+Local Variables:
+mode: text
+End: