From: Arnout Vandecappelle via buildroot <buildroot@buildroot.org>
To: buildroot@buildroot.org
Subject: [Buildroot] [git commit] package/openswan: remove package
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2026 21:48:13 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260407200239.8F412807EC@busybox.osuosl.org> (raw)
commit: https://gitlab.com/buildroot.org/buildroot/-/commit/d24b2517894195fa4625dcda245c78f90ac3c720
branch: https://gitlab.com/buildroot.org/buildroot/-/tree/master
last release: Jan 2021
last commit: Feb 2021
open issues: 122 (youngest from Aug 2024)
open PR: 2 (youngest from Feb 2021)
Debian removed the package in 2014:
https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/openswan
Fedora removed the package in 2013:
https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/openswan/commits/rawhide
"Obsoleted by libreswan"
https://github.com/libreswan/libreswan
"Libreswan was forked from Openswan 2.6.38"
The Openswan package causes autobuilder errors with gcc 14.x.
The earliest build error to be found dates back to Jul 2024:
https://autobuild.buildroot.net/results/8f1/8f109654affea46a18d42bf494d1f3a83084fcdc/build-end.log
/home/autobuild/autobuild/instance-7/output-1/build/openswan-3.0.0/programs/pluto/crypto.c:99:18:
error: initialization of 'void (*)(void *, const u_char *, size_t)'
{aka 'void (*)(void *, const unsigned char *, unsigned int)'} from
incompatible pointer type 'void (*)(void *, const unsigned char *,
long unsigned int)' [-Wincompatible-pointer-types]
99 | hash_update: osMD5Update,
Fixes:
https://autobuild.buildroot.net/results/bac/bacc1790d17992413503a4d62fe11ec56d0a8edc/
Signed-off-by: Bernd Kuhls <bernd@kuhls.net>
Signed-off-by: Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@rnout.be>
---
.checkpackageignore | 1 -
Config.in.legacy | 7 ++++
package/Config.in | 1 -
...swan-constants.c-workaround-missing-ns_t_.patch | 29 --------------
package/openswan/Config.in | 15 --------
package/openswan/openswan.hash | 4 --
package/openswan/openswan.mk | 44 ----------------------
7 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 94 deletions(-)
diff --git a/.checkpackageignore b/.checkpackageignore
index 3622341e74..7f54d8195d 100644
--- a/.checkpackageignore
+++ b/.checkpackageignore
@@ -720,7 +720,6 @@ package/openrc/0003-init.d-agetty-replace-sbin-agetty-by-sbin-getty.patch lib_pa
package/openrc/0004-init.d-agetty-start-agetty-after-all-sevices.patch lib_patch.Upstream
package/openrc/0005-runlevels-do-not-add-agetty.tty-1-6-if-MKSYSVINIT-ye.patch lib_patch.Upstream
package/openrc/0006-Also-create-run-lock-subsys-directory.patch lib_patch.Upstream
-package/openswan/0001-lib-libopenswan-constants.c-workaround-missing-ns_t_.patch lib_patch.Upstream
package/opentyrian/0001-Move-definitions-that-don-t-need-to-be-exposed-from-opl-h-to-opl-c.patch lib_patch.Upstream
package/openvmtools/0001-no_cflags_werror.patch lib_patch.Upstream
package/openvmtools/0002-dont-force-cppflags.patch lib_patch.Upstream
diff --git a/Config.in.legacy b/Config.in.legacy
index fb1938b6e3..64112f97c5 100644
--- a/Config.in.legacy
+++ b/Config.in.legacy
@@ -146,6 +146,13 @@ endif
comment "Legacy options removed in 2026.05"
+config BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSWAN
+ bool "openswan removed"
+ select BR2_LEGACY
+ help
+ Openswan was no longer maintained upstream, so it has
+ been dropped.
+
config BR2_PACKAGE_RUBIX
bool "rubix removed"
select BR2_LEGACY
diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index dc68e1b912..774f77c106 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -2577,7 +2577,6 @@ endif
source "package/openobex/Config.in"
source "package/openresolv/Config.in"
source "package/openssh/Config.in"
- source "package/openswan/Config.in"
source "package/openvpn/Config.in"
source "package/p910nd/Config.in"
source "package/parprouted/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/openswan/0001-lib-libopenswan-constants.c-workaround-missing-ns_t_.patch b/package/openswan/0001-lib-libopenswan-constants.c-workaround-missing-ns_t_.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ea50dd11ad..0000000000
--- a/package/openswan/0001-lib-libopenswan-constants.c-workaround-missing-ns_t_.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-From 66f8abe037970dda50fbc460edb2a2fa9f391d8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
-Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2022 19:14:25 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] lib/libopenswan/constants.c: workaround missing ns_t_tkey
- definition in uClibc < 1.0.41
-
-Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
----
- lib/libopenswan/constants.c | 4 +++-
- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/lib/libopenswan/constants.c b/lib/libopenswan/constants.c
-index 90c973b5f..04e68da42 100644
---- a/lib/libopenswan/constants.c
-+++ b/lib/libopenswan/constants.c
-@@ -1411,7 +1411,9 @@ static const char *const rr_qtype_name[] = {
- NULL
- };
-
--enum_names rr_qtype_names = { ns_t_tkey, ns_t_any
-+/* ns_t_tkey is 249, but its definition is missing from uClibc <
-+ * 1.0.41, so let's hardcode it */
-+enum_names rr_qtype_names = { 249 /* ns_t_tkey */, ns_t_any
- , rr_qtype_name, &rr_type_names };
-
- static const char *const rr_class_name[] = {
---
-2.37.1
-
diff --git a/package/openswan/Config.in b/package/openswan/Config.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 31c4a66b35..0000000000
--- a/package/openswan/Config.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-config BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSWAN
- bool "openswan"
- depends on BR2_USE_MMU # iproute2
- depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_4 # iproute2
- select BR2_PACKAGE_GMP
- select BR2_PACKAGE_IPROUTE2
- select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXCRYPT if BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
- help
- Openswan is an implementation of IPsec for Linux
-
- http://www.openswan.org
-
-comment "openswan needs a toolchain w/ headers >= 3.4"
- depends on BR2_USE_MMU
- depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_4
diff --git a/package/openswan/openswan.hash b/package/openswan/openswan.hash
deleted file mode 100644
index 574009ebfb..0000000000
--- a/package/openswan/openswan.hash
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# Locally calculated
-sha256 69fe7a71e54aaf0ea93b874db4963057c1ff4904b3617b36f2c9be2010c23331 openswan-3.0.0.tar.gz
-sha256 1c36ae1e7b0f6cce4b4ffe969b71f83635734804acdd38544443564b00f8783a COPYING
-sha256 d7d012ef3be47faffba4d97a83d4986c9f4a63ac997ebf5961d33852e5f1801a LICENSE
diff --git a/package/openswan/openswan.mk b/package/openswan/openswan.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index 64218810f8..0000000000
--- a/package/openswan/openswan.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-################################################################################
-#
-# openswan
-#
-################################################################################
-
-OPENSWAN_VERSION = 3.0.0
-OPENSWAN_SITE = $(call github,xelerance,Openswan,v$(OPENSWAN_VERSION))
-OPENSWAN_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+, BSD-3-Clause
-OPENSWAN_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING LICENSE
-OPENSWAN_CPE_ID_VENDOR = xelerance
-
-OPENSWAN_DEPENDENCIES = host-bison host-flex gmp iproute2
-OPENSWAN_MAKE_OPTS = ARCH=$(BR2_ARCH) CC="$(TARGET_CC)" POD2MAN="" XMLTO="" \
- USERCOMPILE="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) $(if $(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_SUPPORTS_PIE),-fPIE)" \
- USERLINK="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS) $(if $(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_SUPPORTS_PIE),-fPIE)" \
- INC_USRLOCAL=/usr USE_KLIPS=false USE_MAST=false USE_NM=false \
- USE_NOMANINSTALL=true WERROR=""
-
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCURL),y)
-OPENSWAN_DEPENDENCIES += libcurl
-OPENSWAN_MAKE_OPTS += USE_LIBCURL=true
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXCRYPT),y)
-OPENSWAN_DEPENDENCIES += libxcrypt
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
-OPENSWAN_DEPENDENCIES += openssl
-OPENSWAN_MAKE_OPTS += HAVE_OPENSSL=true
-endif
-
-define OPENSWAN_BUILD_CMDS
- $(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE1) -C $(@D) \
- $(OPENSWAN_MAKE_OPTS) programs
-endef
-
-define OPENSWAN_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
- $(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE1) -C $(@D) \
- $(OPENSWAN_MAKE_OPTS) DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR) install
-endef
-
-$(eval $(generic-package))
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