From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Yann E. MORIN Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2015 23:11:40 +0100 Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH] support/dependencies: ensure we have 'file' on the host In-Reply-To: <20151128203041.GB2193@tarshish> References: <1448654529-27021-1-git-send-email-yann.morin.1998@free.fr> <20151128203041.GB2193@tarshish> Message-ID: <20151128221140.GD3816@free.fr> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net Baruch, All, On 2015-11-28 22:30 +0200, Baruch Siach spake thusly: > 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. Yes, sure. Thanks! :-) Regards, Yann E. MORIN. -- .-----------------.--------------------.------------------.--------------------. | Yann E. MORIN | Real-Time Embedded | /"\ ASCII RIBBON | Erics' conspiracy: | | +33 662 376 056 | Software Designer | \ / CAMPAIGN | ___ | | +33 223 225 172 `------------.-------: X AGAINST | \e/ There is no | | http://ymorin.is-a-geek.org/ | _/*\_ | / \ HTML MAIL | v conspiracy. | '------------------------------^-------^------------------^--------------------'