Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH 6/9] package/falcosecurity-libs: convert to a virtual package

[Thomas Petazzoni via buildroot <buildroot@buildroot.org>]

Hello Angelo,

On Fri, Oct 30, 2026 at 04:24:31PM +0100, Angelo Compagnucci wrote:
> Since version 0.11.0, the falcosecurity-libs userspace libraries only
> support 64-bit architectures, as they get the system call numbers from
> tables which only exist for them.
> 
> In order to provide a different version for 32-bit architectures,
> convert falcosecurity-libs into a virtual package. For now, it is only
> provided by falcosecurity-libs-latest, which is the former
> falcosecurity-libs package, unchanged.
> 
> The license, the driver name, the kernel module make options and the
> Linux kernel configuration fixups, which will be shared by the
> providers, stay in the virtual package.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Angelo Compagnucci <angelo.compagnucci@gmail.com>

I'm afraid but this is not really what virtual packages are
for. Virtual packages are to support different implementations of the
same API (OpenGL, OpenSSL, jpeg, etc.).

In addition, we don't want to support in Buildroot things that are no
longer supported upstream, so your proposal to add
falcosecurity-libs-legacy and sysdig-legacy will not fly in
Buildroot. Those packages would no longer be updated, would no longer
receive security updates, etc. This is not something that Buildroot
can support.

If support for 32-bit architectures in sysdig is important for you,
you need to work with upstream to get back support for these in the
latest versions.

Best regards,

Thomas
-- 
Thomas Petazzoni, co-owner and CEO, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering and training
https://bootlin.com
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