RE: [OE-core] [PATCH] util-linux: Remove raw flags in EXTRA_OECONF

[Peter Kjellerstedt <peter.kjellerstedt@axis.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org <openembedded-
> core@lists.openembedded.org> On Behalf Of Mateusz Marciniec
> Sent: den 19 augusti 2022 13:34
> To: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org
> Cc: Mateusz Marciniec <mateuszmar2@gmail.com>; Tomasz Dziendzielski
> <tomasz.dziendzielski@gmail.com>
> Subject: [OE-core] [PATCH] util-linux: Remove raw flags in EXTRA_OECONF
> 
> Having both enable and disable flags for raw is confusing.
> Raw should not be enabled so both flags can be removed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mateusz Marciniec <mateuszmar2@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Tomasz Dziendzielski <tomasz.dziendzielski@gmail.com>
> ---
>  meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux_2.38.1.bb | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux_2.38.1.bb
> b/meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux_2.38.1.bb
> index 8a7b47a0c6..a93ae83cd6 100644
> --- a/meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux_2.38.1.bb
> +++ b/meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux_2.38.1.bb
> @@ -69,12 +69,12 @@ EXTRA_OECONF = "\
>      --enable-libuuid --enable-libblkid \
>      \
>      --enable-fsck --enable-kill --enable-last --enable-mesg \
> -    --enable-mount --enable-partx --enable-raw --enable-rfkill \
> +    --enable-mount --enable-partx --enable-rfkill \
>      --enable-unshare --enable-write \
>      \
>      --disable-bfs --disable-login \
>      --disable-makeinstall-chown --disable-minix --disable-newgrp \
> -    --disable-use-tty-group --disable-vipw --disable-raw \
> +    --disable-use-tty-group --disable-vipw \

A quick look in configure.ac for util-linux indicates that it will 
start to look for linux/raw.h and enable raw support if it exists 
if you remove the --disable-raw option. So you should leave the 
--disable-raw option to maintain the current deterministic behavior.

>      \
>      --without-udev \
>      \
> --
> 2.37.1

//Peter