[Buildroot] [PATCH] openvmtools: enable for uClibc toolchains

[Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>]

Dear Waldemar Brodkorb,

On Fri, 4 Dec 2015 17:53:30 +0100, Waldemar Brodkorb wrote:
> Since uClibc-ng 1.0.9 openvmtools can be compiled as
> the missing euidaccess function was added.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Waldemar Brodkorb <wbx@openadk.org>
> ---
>  package/openvmtools/Config.in |    8 +++-----
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

Arnout explained very well that this patch is not super great due to
the need to keep things working with older uClibc toolchains. Could you
instead cook a patch that changes openvmtools to detect if euidaccess()
is available or not. If it is available, then it uses it, otherwise, it
open-codes it (the euidaccess implementation in uClibc is just one
line, so it's not a big deal to copy that in the openvmtools source
code).

Are you willing to implement such a solution?

I'd say that within 6/12 months, we should be able to kill non-ng
uClibc support. Blackfin will be a problem... but Blackfin has always
been a problem.

Thanks,

Thomas
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