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From: Carlos Santos <casantos@datacom.ind.br>
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2016 13:30:09 -0200 (BRST)
Subject: [Buildroot] Why is libbsd limited to ARM, x86 and x86_64?
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Hello,

I'm working on a project for PowerPC in which libbsd would be useful. However the package is restricted to ARM, x86 and x86_64 architectures, since Config.in contains this:

  # libbsd requires a.out.h, which is only available for those
  # architectures: arm, x86 (and alpha, currently not supported in Buildroot;
  # also m68k which is currently not enabled, so can't be tested.)
  default y if BR2_arm || BR2_i386 || BR2_x86_64

However, my PowerPC toolchain, generated by crosstool-NG, provides the required a.out.h file. It is based on GCC 4.8.2, GLIBC 2.19 and Kernel 3.10.47.

Where does the information about the missing a.out.h on PowerPC comes from?

Carlos Santos (Casantos) - DATACOM, P&D
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