Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH] package/libcap: fix static builds

[Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>]

>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Petazzoni via buildroot <buildroot@buildroot.org> writes:

 > Since libcap has been updated to version 2.77 in Buildroot commit
 > 42f2b480a5a81c7443f177bf541632b0fe501720, the build fails for
 > statically-linked configurations when the host system doesn't have a
 > static version of libc installed:

 > /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lc: No such file or directory
 > /usr/bin/ld: have you installed the static version of the c library ?

 > This is because the -static flag that is supposed to be used when
 > building target code also gets passed to the host compiler... which is
 > obviously incorrect and leads to the build failure.

 > This issue was introduced by upstream commit
 > c3ddf45d9afaab85d3b7db0dc7bfd1aafb8fde50, which was reverted right
 > after the 2.77 release in commit
 > 542d7d86ecd2129dd5fe7e5b31ba307304f5b319, which we are simply
 > backporting here.

 > Fixes:

 >   https://autobuild.buildroot.net/results/f6d/f6dc61a9d57e282691b87a3a8fadcb5d5ea8fd8b/

 > Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
 > ---
 > This is IMO an improved version of Bernd's proposal at
 > https://lore.kernel.org/buildroot/20251109080011.481333-1-bernd@kuhls.net/
 > for two reasons:
 > - A clearer/more correct explanation (the issue is not Fedora related)
 > - Backport an upstream commit

Committed, thanks.

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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