Role of /etc/dpkg/cross-compile

• Contains the necessary parameters

• crossbase and crossdir to specify the working directories of the cross-compiler

• CROSSPREFIX is used to specify the right cross-compiler and the correct strip binary

• LIBC is used for the naming scheme, to keep apart packages with the same architecture but a different C-library

• CONFIG specifies the use of a default or manual configuration

• Emdebian makes the package tools use the Emdebian build information