$ sudo debootstrap --foreign --arch=armhf unstable test-armhf http://emdebian.org/ports/grip
$ sudo cp /usr/bin/qemu-arm-static test-armhf/usr/bin/
$ sudo chroot test-armhf/ /debootstrap/debootstrap --second-stage

$ multistrap -f armhf.conf
$ sudo cp /usr/bin/qemu-arm-static test-armhf/usr/bin/
$ sudo chroot armhf-rootfs/ dpkg --configure -a

# Example multistrap configuration file for a sid build chroot
# Need to use cascading to select the toolchain for a cross arch.

[General]
arch=armhf
directory=armhf-emdebian
# same as --tidy-up option if set to true
cleanup=true
# same as --no-auth option if set to true
# keyring packages listed in each debootstrap will
# still be installed.
noauth=true
# extract all downloaded archives (default is true)
unpack=true
# the order of sections is not important.
# the debootstrap option determines which repository
# is used to calculate the list of Priority: required packages.
debootstrap=Emdebian Ports-unreleased Ports-unstable
aptsources=Emdebian

[Emdebian]
packages=apt dpkg-dev
source=http://emdebian.org/ports/grip
keyring=emdebian-archive-keyring
components=main dev doc java
suite=unstable
omitdebsrc=true

[Ports-unreleased]
packages=
source=http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian
keyring=debian-ports-archive-keyring
suite=unreleased
omitdebsrc=true

[Ports-unstable]
packages=
source=http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian
keyring=debian-ports-archive-keyring
suite=unstable
omitdebsrc=true

$ sudo debootstrap --foreign --arch=armhf unstable test-armhf http://emdebian.org/ports/grip

$ sudo aptitude install alsa-utils xorg
No candidate version found for alsa-utils
No candidate version found for alsa-utils
The following NEW packages will be installed:
cpp{a} cpp-4.4{a} fontconfig-config{a} libaudit0{a} libdrm-radeon1{a}
libdrm2{a} libexpat1{a} libfontconfig1{a} libfontenc1{a} libfreetype6{a}
libfs6{a} libgcrypt11{a} libgl1-mesa-dri{a} libgl1-mesa-glx{a}
libglu1-mesa{a} libgmp3c2{a} libgpg-error0{a} libice6{a} libmpfr4{a}
libpciaccess0{a} libpixman-1-0{a} libpng12-0{a} libsm6{a} libtalloc2{a}
libutempter0{a} libx11-6{a} libx11-data{a} libxau6{a} libxaw7{a}
libxcb-atom1{a} libxcb1{a} libxcursor1{a} libxdamage1{a} libxdmcp6{a}
libxext6{a} libxfixes3{a} libxfont1{a} libxft2{a} libxi6{a}
libxinerama1{a} libxkbfile1{a} libxmu6{a} libxmuu1{a} libxp6{a}
libxpm4{a} libxrandr2{a} libxrender1{a} libxt6{a} libxtst6{a} libxv1{a}
libxxf86dga1{a} libxxf86vm1{a} ttf-dejavu-core{a} ucf{a} x11-apps{a}
x11-common{a} x11-session-utils{a} x11-utils{a} x11-xfs-utils{a}
x11-xkb-utils{a} x11-xserver-utils{a} xauth{a} xbitmaps{a}
xfonts-100dpi{a} xfonts-75dpi{a} xfonts-base{a} xfonts-encodings{a}
xfonts-scalable{a} xfonts-utils{a} xinit{a} xorg xorg-docs-core{a}
xserver-common{a} xserver-xorg{a} xserver-xorg-core{a}
xserver-xorg-input-all{ab} xserver-xorg-input-evdev{ab}
xserver-xorg-input-wacom{a} xserver-xorg-video-all{a}
xserver-xorg-video-ati{ab} xserver-xorg-video-fbdev{ab}
xserver-xorg-video-mach64{ab} xserver-xorg-video-nv{ab}
xserver-xorg-video-r128{ab} xserver-xorg-video-radeon{ab}
xserver-xorg-video-vesa{ab} xterm{a}
0 packages upgraded, 87 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 39,8 MB of archives. After unpacking 79,1 MB will be used.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
xserver-xorg-input-evdev: Depends: xorg-input-abi-7.0 which is a virtual package.
xserver-xorg-video-ati: Depends: xorg-video-abi-6.0 which is a virtual package.
xserver-xorg-video-fbdev: Depends: xorg-video-abi-6.0 which is a virtual package.
xserver-xorg-video-r128: Depends: xorg-video-abi-6.0 which is a virtual package.
xserver-xorg-video-vesa: Depends: xorg-video-abi-6.0 which is a virtual package.
xserver-xorg-video-mach64: Depends: xorg-video-abi-6.0 which is a virtual package.
xserver-xorg-video-nv: Depends: xorg-video-abi-6.0 which is a virtual package.
xserver-xorg-input-all: Depends: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics which is a virtual package.
xserver-xorg-video-radeon: Depends: xorg-video-abi-6.0 which is a virtual package.
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:

Keep the following packages at their current version:
1) xorg [Not Installed]
2) xserver-xorg [Not Installed]
3) xserver-xorg-core [Not Installed]
4) xserver-xorg-input-all [Not Installed]
5) xserver-xorg-input-evdev [Not Installed]
6) xserver-xorg-input-wacom [Not Installed]
7) xserver-xorg-video-all [Not Installed]
8) xserver-xorg-video-ati [Not Installed]
9) xserver-xorg-video-fbdev [Not Installed]
10) xserver-xorg-video-mach64 [Not Installed]
11) xserver-xorg-video-nv [Not Installed]
12) xserver-xorg-video-r128 [Not Installed]
13) xserver-xorg-video-radeon [Not Installed]
14) xserver-xorg-video-vesa [Not Installed]



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