From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from dan.rpsys.net ([93.97.175.187]) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TyUw1-00040W-Go for openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org; Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:06:14 +0100 Received: from localhost (dan.rpsys.net [127.0.0.1]) by dan.rpsys.net (8.14.4/8.14.4/Debian-2.1ubuntu1) with ESMTP id r0OLsgCd025785; Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:54:42 GMT X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at dan.rpsys.net Received: from dan.rpsys.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (dan.rpsys.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id RU+2RlD072Yp; Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:54:42 +0000 (GMT) Received: from [192.168.3.10] (rpvlan0 [192.168.3.10]) (authenticated bits=0) by dan.rpsys.net (8.14.4/8.14.4/Debian-2.1ubuntu1) with ESMTP id r0OLsWSi025777 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:54:39 GMT Message-ID: <1359064215.3616.20.camel@ted> From: Richard Purdie To: Khem Raj Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:50:15 +0000 In-Reply-To: <2ba0f6007c1a72e2ee249a47610003031f6c1079.1359061155.git.raj.khem@gmail.com> References: <2ba0f6007c1a72e2ee249a47610003031f6c1079.1359061155.git.raj.khem@gmail.com> X-Mailer: Evolution 3.6.2-0ubuntu0.1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Cc: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/11] libpcap: Add missing libusb dependency X-BeenThere: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: Patches and discussions about the oe-core layer List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:06:14 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Thu, 2013-01-24 at 13:07 -0800, Khem Raj wrote: > libpcap notices libusb in its configure if its sysrooted > and ignores it if its not. But this causes problems since > there is no explicit dependency on libusb. Rebuild from shared > state sometimes fails when libusb has not been yet populated > in sysroot and libpcap has. And do_configure of consumers of libpcap e.g. tcpdump > are probing for features on libpcap. All the tests fail since > none of link steps succeed and it sees as if libpcap does > not have required features and configure of tcpdump bails out. > > Signed-off-by: Khem Raj > --- > meta/recipes-connectivity/libpcap/libpcap.inc | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) Do we need libusb support in libpcap? What does this dependency buy us and couldn't we force it off instead? Cheers, Richard