multisys: support for multiple os-arch configurations (preliminary)

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+git clone git://github.com/blundellc/cran2deb.git
+
+apt-get system requirements from DESCRIPTION
+apt-get install cdbs
+
+# install a web server
+apt-get install thttpd
+
+# add a group for cran2deb people
+addgroup cran2deb
+usermod -a -G cran2deb cb
+usermod -a -G cran2deb edd
+
+# set up web space
+mkdir /var/www/cran2deb
+chgrp cran2deb /var/www/cran2deb
+chmod 3775 /var/www/cran2deb
+
+# install prereq R packages
+r -e "install.packages(c('ctv','RSQLite','DBI','digest'))"
+R CMD INSTALL cran2deb
+
+# set up cran2deb space, as per README
+cp /usr/local/lib/R/site-library/cran2deb/exec/cran2deb  /usr/local/bin
+root=$(cran2deb root)
+mkdir /etc/cran2deb
+chgrp cran2deb /etc/cran2deb
+chmod 3775 /etc/cran2deb
+copy ROOT/etc/* to /etc/cran2deb
+ln -s /var/www/cran2deb/ /etc/cran2deb/archive
+edit /etc/cran2deb/pbuilder.in:
+OTHERMIRROR='deb http://localhost/users/cb/cran2deb/ unstable/$(ARCH)/ | deb http://localhost/users/cb/cran2deb/ unstable/all/'
+MIRRORSITE='http://ftp.debian.org/debian/'
+to
+OTHERMIRROR='deb http://localhost/cran2deb/ unstable/$(ARCH)/ | deb http://localhost/cran2deb/ unstable/all/'
+MIRRORSITE='http://ftp.at.debian.org/debian/'
+
+# fix permissions for group usage.
+mkdir /var/cache/cran2deb
+chgrp cran2deb /var/cache/cran2deb
+chmod 3775 /var/cache/cran2deb
+chgrp -R cran2deb $root
+chmod 3775 $root
+chmod -R g+w $root
+
+(log out then log in to get gid cran2deb)
+
+# build pbuilder archive, initialise database
+cran2deb update
+
+# check it works
+cran2deb build zoo
+
+# is handy
+apt-get install sqlite3
+