From patchwork Thu Sep 27 19:27:42 2012 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Baruch Siach X-Patchwork-Id: 187453 Return-Path: X-Original-To: incoming@patchwork.ozlabs.org Delivered-To: patchwork-incoming@bilbo.ozlabs.org Received: from fraxinus.osuosl.org (fraxinus.osuosl.org [140.211.166.137]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13A082C00AD for ; Fri, 28 Sep 2012 05:28:14 +1000 (EST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fraxinus.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B64710BAC6; Thu, 27 Sep 2012 19:28:10 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at osuosl.org Received: from fraxinus.osuosl.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (.osuosl.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 0Lgd++zxeYrP; Thu, 27 Sep 2012 19:28:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ash.osuosl.org (ash.osuosl.org [140.211.166.34]) by fraxinus.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F09C10BAB1; Thu, 27 Sep 2012 19:27:59 +0000 (UTC) X-Original-To: buildroot@lists.busybox.net Delivered-To: buildroot@osuosl.org Received: from whitealder.osuosl.org (whitealder.osuosl.org [140.211.166.138]) by ash.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E98528F74A for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2012 19:28:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by whitealder.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D07C981943 for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2012 19:28:00 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at osuosl.org Received: from whitealder.osuosl.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (.osuosl.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id ZATOi8Ac6mzP for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2012 19:27:58 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from tango.tkos.co.il (tango.tkos.co.il [62.219.50.35]) by whitealder.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BAF318168E for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2012 19:27:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from tarshish.tkos.co.il (80.179.12.157.static.012.net.il [80.179.12.157]) (authenticated bits=0) by tango.tkos.co.il (8.14.4/8.12.11) with ESMTP id q8RJRqsg014206; Thu, 27 Sep 2012 22:27:54 +0300 From: Baruch Siach To: buildroot@busybox.net Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 21:27:42 +0200 Message-Id: <1348774062-23946-1-git-send-email-baruch@tkos.co.il> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.10.4 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.62 on 62.219.50.35 Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH v4] external-toolchain: BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GLIBC includes eglibc X-BeenThere: buildroot@busybox.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion and development of buildroot List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , MIME-Version: 1.0 Errors-To: buildroot-bounces@busybox.net Sender: buildroot-bounces@busybox.net Yann E. MORIN says: "Although eglibc can be configured to include/exclude parts of the features, it seems to not be in wide use, if at all." Acked-by: Yann E. MORIN Signed-off-by: Baruch Siach Acked-by: Thomas Petazzoni Acked-by: Luca Ceresoli --- v4: now actually commit the rephrased text. v3: rephrase the help text to make it clear that the eglibc build is given, address the comment of Thomas Petazzoni. v2: mention in the help text that eglibc may lack some features as suggested by Yann E. MORIN. toolchain/toolchain-external/Config.in | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/toolchain/toolchain-external/Config.in b/toolchain/toolchain-external/Config.in index f86ed74..cd56443 100644 --- a/toolchain/toolchain-external/Config.in +++ b/toolchain/toolchain-external/Config.in @@ -664,8 +664,13 @@ config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_CUSTOM_UCLIBC select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SHADOW_PASSWORDS config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_CUSTOM_GLIBC - bool "glibc" + bool "glibc/eglibc" select BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GLIBC + help + Note: eglibc is a variant of glibc that (among other things) can be + configured to exclude some of its features. Using a toolchain with + eglibc configured to exclude key features may cause build failures to + some packages. endchoice