[Buildroot] [PATCH v2 5/6] cpanminus: requires host-qemu

[Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be>]

On 13/11/12 09:50, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> Arnout,
>
> On Tue, 13 Nov 2012 09:10:47 +0100, Arnout Vandecappelle
> (Essensium/Mind) wrote:
>> From: "Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind)"<arnout@mind.be>
>>
>> Must also disable all non-supported architectures, including x86
>> (which doesn't have a working fork()).
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind)<arnout@mind.be>
>> ---
>> It still only works half the time.  For instance, in one arm configuration
>> I have qemu sitting there consuming 100% CPU without any output, system
>> calls, or nothing...
>
>  From my point of view, cpanminus should be marked as broken, or even
> removed unless another solution that qemu is found. The usage of
> host-qemu simply doesn't work: if the kernel headers used for the
> toolchain built by Buildroot are newer than the kernel version on the
> build machine, it will break... so it really isn't a viable solution.

  Although I agree, I leave it to Peter to make the call - a removal patch is
rather trivial.  Until then, the patches are there in case he decides to keep
cpanminus.

  Regards,
  Arnout
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