[Buildroot] [Bug 8991] New: grub2 fails to compile

[Buildroot] [Bug 8991] New: grub2 fails to compile

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            Bug ID: 8991
           Summary: grub2 fails to compile
           Product: buildroot
           Version: 2016.05
          Hardware: PC
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: major
          Priority: P5
         Component: Other
          Assignee: unassigned at buildroot.uclibc.org
          Reporter: ian_ormshaw at waters.com
                CC: buildroot at uclibc.org
  Target Milestone: ---

Created attachment 6461
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patch to fix compilation error

grub2 fails to compile with the following error:

gettext/gettext.c:37:36: error: storage size of 'main_context' isn't known
 static struct grub_gettext_context main_context, secondary_context;

file grub2-2.00/grub-core/gettext/gettext.c

the structure grub_gettext_context is not defined until line 62 line

The attached patch contains the changes I made to fix the issue

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[Buildroot] [Bug 8991] grub2 fails to compile

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--- Comment #1 from Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com> ---
Thanks for your report!

Could you provide the Buildroot version, and Buildroot configuration file that
allow to produce this build failure?

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[Buildroot] [Bug 8991] grub2 fails to compile

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--- Comment #2 from Dr I J Ormshaw <ian_ormshaw@waters.com> ---
Created attachment 6466
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config file

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[Buildroot] [Bug 8991] grub2 fails to compile

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--- Comment #3 from Dr I J Ormshaw <ian_ormshaw@waters.com> ---
Version as reported 2016-05

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[Buildroot] [Bug 8991] grub2 fails to compile

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--- Comment #4 from Dr I J Ormshaw <ian_ormshaw@waters.com> ---
Created attachment 6476
  --> https://bugs.busybox.net/attachment.cgi?id=6476&action=edit
config derived from qemu_x86_64_defconfig

The following is what seems to cause the error

grub2:Platform (x86-64-efi)
(boot linux ext2 fat squash4 part_msdos part_gpt normal efi_gop terminal)
builtin modules

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[Buildroot] [Bug 8991] grub2 fails to compile

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Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
         Resolution|---                         |FIXED
             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED

--- Comment #5 from Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com> ---
Fixed in
https://git.buildroot.org/buildroot/commit/?id=4770c4ef83f89fc3348fd6df636b0e4adac05d16.
Thanks for reporting the bug!

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