[Buildroot] Can't compile anything with using ssl in target system

[Buildroot] Can't compile anything with using ssl in target system

[Ming-Ching Tiew]

Hmmm I also have tracked down the openssl problem.

The story is long. I have a copy of openssl 0.9.8 and the header
on my host. When running buildroot and producing a target gcc,
the gcc make script has a script called 'fixinc.sh' which scans
the include files for non-ansi compatible headers and fixes it
and make a fixed copy into it's down library directory,  
/usr/lib/gcc/.../../include.

And openssl library happens to have one include file, namely
openssl/bn.h which is considered non-ansi compatible and
it shall be fixed !

Now because my host is using openssl 0.9.8 and the header
is different from 0.9.7 used by buildroot, this operation will
result in the target system has two version of bn.h, one
version 0.9.7 bn.h in /usr/include/openssl (original ) and
another version 0.9.8 bn.h in /us/lib/gcc/.../.../include/openssl
( and ansi-fixed ).

And because the one in usr/lib/gcc takes precedence and
hence resulting in compilation error.

What remains unanswered is why would gcc make script
'fixinc.sh'  fixes the host's include files and include it in
the target system.

Cheers.
 

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