[Buildroot] [Bug 8646] check-host-rpath script returns false positives when rpath contains symlink

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https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=8646

--- Comment #1 from Samuel Martin <s.martin49@gmail.com> ---
(In reply to Aaron Bamberger from comment #0)

> The path that buildroot is checked out under on our build server contains a 
> symlink (it's checked out under /home, which is actually a symlink to
> /share/home).  After looking at the RUNPATH of the libraries that are 
> triggering the error, it appears that something in the build system is 
> canonicalizing the RUNPATH (it contains /share/home), while the hostdir that 
> the script is checking against has not been canonicalized (it just contains 
> /home).  Therefore, even though the paths are logically the same, the string 
> comparison of the paths in the script returns false.

Indeed, this is a known issue for which a patch fixing it globally in
Buildroot,
is pending in patchwork [1].

[1] http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/576593/

Regards,

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