[Buildroot] [PATCH] package/meson: force ext static libs when BR2_STATIC_LIBS

[Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>]

On Sat, 26 Oct 2019 10:30:06 -0500
Matt Weber <matthew.weber@rockwellcollins.com> wrote:

> This patch adds a case in the library pattern logic to prefer static
> libraries when the Meson Core option for "default_library" is set to
> solely static.
> 
> The existing library search order makes sense for cases of shared and
> shared / static mixed. However if using a prebuilt cross-toolchain,
> they usually provide both a static and shared version of sysroot
> libraries. This presents a problem in a complete static build where
> there won't be shared libraries at runtime and during build time there
> are failures like "ld: attempted static link of dynamic object".
> 
> Bug:
> https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/6108
> 
> Fixes:
> http://autobuild.buildroot.net/results/db1740b4777f436324218c52bc7b08e5c21b667d/
> http://autobuild.buildroot.net/results/c17/c17bbb12d9deadd64a441b36e324cfbbe8aba5be/
> 
> Cc: Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be>
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Weber <matthew.weber@rockwellcollins.com>
> ---
>  ...tic-libs-when-default-library-static.patch | 45 +++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 45 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 package/meson/0003-Prefer-ext-static-libs-when-default-library-static.patch

Applied to master, thanks.

Thomas
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