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@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+From cdb52b24436f0926fd6c56e129c843f49f9b1ed0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
+Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2017 23:15:09 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] install: don't use ln --relative
+
+ln --relative is too recent to be available in most distros, so it
+breaks the build.
+
+Fix that with a bit of sed magic, that turns constituents of the
+destination directory each into ../ , which when appended to the
+destination directory leads back straight to / .
+
+Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
+
+---
+The problem is even more visible when doing cross-compilation in
+professional build farms, which are often stuck to years-to-decade-old
+enterprise-grade distributions (because, IT), even if the target system
+is top-notch up-to-date.
+---
+ Makefile.am | 3 ++-
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
+index 1cc657a..ef11e93 100644
+--- a/Makefile.am
++++ b/Makefile.am
+@@ -314,7 +314,8 @@ install-directories-hook:
+ $(MKDIR_P) $(addprefix $(DESTDIR),$(INSTALL_DIRS))
+
+ install-environment-conf-hook: install-directories-hook
+- $(AM_V_LN)$(LN_S) --relative -f $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/environment \
++ dir=$(shell echo $(environmentdir) |sed -r -e 's:/+[^/]+:../:g'); \
++ $(AM_V_LN)$(LN_S) -f $${dir}$(sysconfdir)/environment \
+ $(DESTDIR)$(environmentdir)/99-environment.conf
+
+ install-aliases-hook:
+--
+2.9.3
+
systemd is at it again, using ln --relative once more, which is not available but on the most recent distros. Patch it out with a bit of sed magic. Fixes: http://autobuild.buildroot.org/results/48e/48ecf31eca9b22339a770abd3f9abdf1ae41cfd3/ http://autobuild.buildroot.org/results/c62/c6297c61d8c2d3ab9be77b9d398598adacdb33b3/ http://autobuild.buildroot.org/results/22f/22ff106a4626c84422d9a3e69aa9c8fe7c76938c/ ... Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr> Cc: Maxime Hadjinlian <maxime.hadjinlian@gmail.com> --- Note-1: that patch could be generalised to the other ln --relative patch we carry, but this should be done in an upstreamable solution, which I doubt is possible, but I'll try. Note-2: I tried two other approaches. First, I tried adding a host variant for coreutils, but it adds over 1 min to the build, which is a bit too much just to get an ln that understands --relative. The other was to re-use their internal $(install-aliases) macro, but I was not really sure how it worked... --- .../0004-install-don-t-use-ln-relative.patch | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+) create mode 100644 package/systemd/0004-install-don-t-use-ln-relative.patch