[Buildroot] busybox build fail ... BUG_off_t_size_is_misdetected()

[Baruch Siach <baruch@tkos.co.il>]

Hi Mark,

Mark Jackson writes:
> On 19/12/2018 11:46, Mark Jackson wrote:
>> I have an old buildroot setup that I'm trying to coax back into life using the later version.
>>
>> I've done:-
>>
>> $ git pull
>> $ make clean
>> $ make menuconfig (and fixed any deprecated options)
>> $ make
>>
>> All seemed okay until the busybox build, where I got the message:-
>>
>>>  CC applets/applets.o
>>> In file included from include/busybox.h:8:0,
>>>  from applets/applets.c:9:
>>> include/libbb.h:304:7: error: size of array ?BUG_off_t_size_is_misdetected? is negative
>>>  char BUG_off_t_size_is_misdetected[sizeof(off_t) == sizeof(uoff_t) ? 1 : -1];
>>>  ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>> scripts/Makefile.build:197: recipe for target 'applets/applets.o' failed
>>
>> If I use the default busybox config, then everything seems to build correctly, so I can only put it down to some mis-match in my custom busybox config.
>>
>> I've attached my busybox .config ... if anyone can shed some light on what's wrong, I'd be most grateful.
>
> After some web searching [1], I have found that if I enable LFS, it all builds fine.
>
> So I assume there's some other applet that assumes LFS is enabled.
> If so, should there be some dependency check to flag that as an issue ?
>
> And how do I build *without* LFS enabled ?

Buildroot removed support for non-LFS build in version 2015.05. See
commit 7f96ef3580a ("toolchain/helpers: make LFS mandatory for uclibc
toolchains").

> Cheers
> Mark JACKSON
>
> [1] https://groups.google.com/d/topic/usbarmory/7vfT07jv8zo/discussion

baruch

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