Re: [Buildroot] [URGENT 1/1] package/util-linux: fix host build failure

[Peter Seiderer <ps.report@gmx.net>]

Hello Giulio,

On Wed, 2 Feb 2022 22:09:22 +0100, Giulio Benetti <giulio.benetti@benettiengineering.com> wrote:

> Hi Peter,
>
> On 02/02/22 21:42, Peter Seiderer wrote:
> > Hello Arnout, Giulio,
> >
> > On Wed, 2 Feb 2022 08:41:34 +0100, Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be> wrote:
> >
> >> On 02/02/2022 00:22, Giulio Benetti wrote:
> >>> The UTIL_LINUX_FIX_DISK_UTILS_COMPILE workaround is needed for host
> >>> building too. So let's add it to HOST_UTIL_LINUX_POST_PATCH_HOOKS.
> >>> host-util-linux is used a lot, so this patch fixes a lot of future
> >>> builds.
> >>
> >>    Darn, I tested that, both with and without BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_UTIL_LINUX set. I
> >> don't understand what went wrong in my test...
> >
> > The raw support depends on the available toolchain headers, see e.g.
> > package/util-linux/Config.in:
> >
> > 	config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_RAW
> > 	        bool "raw"
> > 	        depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_5_14
> > 	        help
> > 	          Build a linux raw character device
> >
> > Or according to [1] '--disable-raw' for the host build should do
> > the trick too...
>
> I was in hurry to produce the patch last night, so I went for the
> fastest way. Can you give a try with --disable-raw and eventually submit

Thanks for taking care!

> the patch? That would save some time while building. Also because
> host-util-linux is used a lot

Sorry, could not reproduce the host-build failure on my system, seems the
toolchain is too up-to-date (openSUSE Tumbleweed - gcc-11.2.1) ;-)

But can provide an RFC patch for testing...

Regards,
Peter

>
> Thank you!
> Best regards

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