From: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
To: "Alexis Lothoré via buildroot" <buildroot@buildroot.org>
Cc: "Alexis Lothoré" <alexis.lothore@bootlin.com>,
"Thomas Petazzoni" <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
Subject: Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH v2] package/openscap: add patch to enforce project as C project
Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2026 10:33:44 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <877brumv7r.fsf@dell.be.48ers.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260216-openscap_cpp-v2-1-a61c7bb50837@bootlin.com> ("Alexis Lothoré via buildroot"'s message of "Mon, 16 Feb 2026 17:13:05 +0100")
>>>>> "Alexis" == Alexis Lothoré via buildroot <buildroot@buildroot.org> writes:
> When the toolchain involved in openscap build does not support C++, the
> configure step fails with the following error:
> -- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
> -- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - failed
> -- Check for working CXX compiler: /bin/false
> -- Check for working CXX compiler: /bin/false - broken
> CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake/Modules/CMakeTestCXXCompiler.cmake:73 (message):
> The C++ compiler
> "/bin/false"
> is not able to compile a simple test program.
> It fails with the following output:
> Change Dir: '/home/autobuild/autobuild/instance-6/output-1/build/openscap-1.3.12/buildroot-build/CMakeFiles/CMakeScratch/TryCompile-tUydqI'
> Run Build Command(s): /usr/bin/cmake -E env VERBOSE=1 /usr/bin/make -f Makefile cmTC_1834b/fast
> make[1]: Entering directory '/home/autobuild/autobuild/instance-6/output-1/build/openscap-1.3.12/buildroot-build/CMakeFiles/CMakeScratch/TryCompile-tUydqI'
> /usr/bin/make -f CMakeFiles/cmTC_1834b.dir/build.make CMakeFiles/cmTC_1834b.dir/build
> make[2]: Entering directory '/home/autobuild/autobuild/instance-6/output-1/build/openscap-1.3.12/buildroot-build/CMakeFiles/CMakeScratch/TryCompile-tUydqI'
> Building CXX object CMakeFiles/cmTC_1834b.dir/testCXXCompiler.cxx.o /bin/false -o CMakeFiles/cmTC_1834b.dir/testCXXCompiler.cxx.o -c /home/autobuild/autobuild/instance-6/output-1/build/openscap-1.3.12/buildroot-build/CMakeFiles/CMakeScratch/TryCompile-tUydqI/testCXXCompiler.cxx
> make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/cmTC_1834b.dir/build.make:81: CMakeFiles/cmTC_1834b.dir/testCXXCompiler.cxx.o] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/autobuild/autobuild/instance-6/output-1/build/openscap-1.3.12/buildroot-build/CMakeFiles/CMakeScratch/TryCompile-tUydqI'
> make[1]: *** [Makefile:134: cmTC_1834b/fast] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/autobuild/autobuild/instance-6/output-1/build/openscap-1.3.12/buildroot-build/CMakeFiles/CMakeScratch/TryCompile-tUydqI'
> CMake will not be able to correctly generate this project.
> Call Stack (most recent call first):
> CMakeLists.txt:11 (project)
> -- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
> make: *** [package/pkg-generic.mk:263: /home/autobuild/autobuild/instance-6/output-1/build/openscap-1.3.12/.stamp_configured] Error 1
> make: Leaving directory '/home/autobuild/autobuild/instance-6/buildroot'
> The openscap project does not contain any C++ file, and so does not need
> a C++ capable compiler. Bring the to-be-integrated-upstream patch
> enforcing C language in CMakeLists.txt to prevent this build failure.
> Fixes: https://autobuild.buildroot.org/results/1fe550ffa79f0a083a450ae03fe067a8ab7336be
> Fixes: https://autobuild.buildroot.org/results/e9d52b52658544916022050c78dcb137ca6c97e0
> Fixes: https://autobuild.buildroot.org/results/4a9c21763aaddb217ee5f8bb8947faad9767baa3
> Signed-off-by: Alexis Lothoré <alexis.lothore@bootlin.com>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - fix upstream CMakeLists.txt rather than enabling C++ support in toolchain
> - bring in the to-be-integrated-upstream corresponding patch
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260216-openscap_cpp-v1-1-3372149da5b0@bootlin.com
Committed, thanks.
--
Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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2026-02-16 16:13 [Buildroot] [PATCH v2] package/openscap: add patch to enforce project as C project Alexis Lothoré via buildroot
2026-02-16 16:29 ` Thomas Petazzoni via buildroot
2026-03-02 9:33 ` Peter Korsgaard [this message]
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