[Buildroot] [PATCH] package/grpc: drop host gcc 4.8 workaround

[Buildroot] [PATCH] package/grpc: drop host gcc 4.8 workaround

[Michael Nosthoff]

Due to libabseil dependencies the host gcc is at least 4.9.
So the fix for host gcc 4.8 is no longer needed.

Signed-off-by: Michael Nosthoff <buildroot@heine.tech>
---
 package/grpc/grpc.mk | 8 --------
 1 file changed, 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/package/grpc/grpc.mk b/package/grpc/grpc.mk
index 8585b6bdc3..f7ddffd386 100644
--- a/package/grpc/grpc.mk
+++ b/package/grpc/grpc.mk
@@ -72,13 +72,5 @@ HOST_GRPC_CONF_OPTS = \
 	-DgRPC_SSL_PROVIDER=package \
 	-DgRPC_ZLIB_PROVIDER=package
 
-# With gcc 4.8 (at least on ubuntu) there is a bug in LTO which breaks
-# the linkage of the grpc_cpp_plugin with libprotobuf and pthread. This
-# additional flag fixes this.
-ifeq ($(BR2_HOST_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9),)
-HOST_GRPC_CONF_OPTS += \
-	-DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="$(HOST_LDFLAGS) -Wl,--no-as-needed"
-endif
-
 $(eval $(cmake-package))
 $(eval $(host-cmake-package))
-- 
2.25.1

[Buildroot] [PATCH] package/grpc: drop host gcc 4.8 workaround

[Thomas Petazzoni]

On Mon, 18 Jan 2021 10:46:33 +0100
Michael Nosthoff via buildroot <buildroot@busybox.net> wrote:

> Due to libabseil dependencies the host gcc is at least 4.9.
> So the fix for host gcc 4.8 is no longer needed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael Nosthoff <buildroot@heine.tech>
> ---
>  package/grpc/grpc.mk | 8 --------
>  1 file changed, 8 deletions(-)

Well spotted, applied to master, thanks.

Thomas
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