From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from smtp4.osuosl.org (smtp4.osuosl.org [140.211.166.137]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 92477C433F5 for ; Sat, 8 Jan 2022 18:33:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp4.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F53A40761; Sat, 8 Jan 2022 18:33:16 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at osuosl.org Received: from smtp4.osuosl.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp4.osuosl.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id jrd1FTfLf5A4; Sat, 8 Jan 2022 18:33:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ash.osuosl.org (ash.osuosl.org [140.211.166.34]) by smtp4.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76F7C4055E; Sat, 8 Jan 2022 18:33:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp4.osuosl.org (smtp4.osuosl.org [140.211.166.137]) by ash.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E1771BF593 for ; Sat, 8 Jan 2022 18:33:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp4.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BAFA4055E for ; Sat, 8 Jan 2022 18:33:13 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at osuosl.org Received: from smtp4.osuosl.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp4.osuosl.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 4ZefMOrOkrQX for ; Sat, 8 Jan 2022 18:33:12 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.8.0 Received: from relay12.mail.gandi.net (relay12.mail.gandi.net [IPv6:2001:4b98:dc4:8::232]) by smtp4.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A1DD44050F for ; Sat, 8 Jan 2022 18:33:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: (Authenticated sender: thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com) by relay12.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 95E61200002; Sat, 8 Jan 2022 18:33:08 +0000 (UTC) Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2022 19:33:07 +0100 From: Thomas Petazzoni To: Fabrice Fontaine Message-ID: <20220108193307.6db645fa@windsurf> In-Reply-To: <20200830100058.4180798-1-fontaine.fabrice@gmail.com> References: <20200830100058.4180798-1-fontaine.fabrice@gmail.com> Organization: Bootlin X-Mailer: Claws Mail 4.0.0 (GTK+ 3.24.31; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH/next 1/2] package/libcap: drop host-gperf dependency X-BeenThere: buildroot@buildroot.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion and development of buildroot List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: buildroot@buildroot.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: buildroot-bounces@buildroot.org Sender: "buildroot" On Sun, 30 Aug 2020 12:00:57 +0200 Fabrice Fontaine wrote: > host-gperf dependency was added in commit > 5d8926add5da1b0bdfb90a41f4d7f857864c5524 without any explanation in the > commit message but gperf can be disabled through BUILD_GPERF since > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/morgan/libcap.git/commit/?id=3c22870c762f7925b5ff143d76f9affbade275ba > > So use this variable and drop this unneeded dependency > > Signed-off-by: Fabrice Fontaine > --- > package/libcap/libcap.mk | 11 +++++------ > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) So we discussed this with Yann, Peter and Arnout and found that host-gperf is really quick to build, and provides a better way for libcap to lookup symbols, thanks to a hash table. So we prefer to keep things as they are with the host-gperf dependency. Thomas -- Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Bootlin Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering https://bootlin.com _______________________________________________ buildroot mailing list buildroot@buildroot.org https://lists.buildroot.org/mailman/listinfo/buildroot