From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Baruch Siach Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2015 22:30:41 +0200 Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH] support/dependencies: ensure we have 'file' on the host In-Reply-To: <1448654529-27021-1-git-send-email-yann.morin.1998@free.fr> References: <1448654529-27021-1-git-send-email-yann.morin.1998@free.fr> Message-ID: <20151128203041.GB2193@tarshish> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net Hi Yann, On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 09:02:09PM +0100, Yann E. MORIN wrote: > When 'file' is missing on the host, libtool fails miserably. Packages > that use libtool will suddenly FTBFS, with cryptic error messages, like > missing libraries on the linker invocation. > > We could ensure that autotools based packages now all depend on > host-file. But It itself is an autotools package, so it's again a > chicken-n-egg issue. And even non-autotools package may use libtool. > > So, just require that 'file' is present on the host. The "Mandatory packages" section in docs/manual/prerequisite.txt should mention that. baruch -- http://baruch.siach.name/blog/ ~. .~ Tk Open Systems =}------------------------------------------------ooO--U--Ooo------------{= - baruch at tkos.co.il - tel: +972.2.679.5364, http://www.tkos.co.il -