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PATCH v4 1/1 external-toolchain: BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GLIBC includes eglibc

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 <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by Baruch Siach <[email protected]>

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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(-)
toolchain/toolchain-external/Config.in +6 -1
index f86ed74..cd56443 100644
@@ -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.
 
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PATCH v4 1/1 external-toolchain: BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GLIBC includes eglibc

Baruch, All,

Quoted 1 line · On Thursday 27 September 2012 21:27:42 Baruch Siach wrote:

v4: now actually commit the rephrased text.

[--SNIP--]

toolchain/toolchain-external/Config.in config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_CUSTOM_UCLIBC · line 673

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config BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_CUSTOM_GLIBC

toolchain/toolchain-external/Config.in +6 -1
-	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.

Well, that's even better! :-)

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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PATCH v4 1/1 external-toolchain: BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GLIBC includes eglibc

In reply to Baruch Siach

Dear Baruch Siach,

Quoted 7 lines · Baruch Siach

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 <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by Baruch Siach <[email protected]>
Acked-by Thomas Petazzoni <[email protected]>
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PATCH v4 1/1 external-toolchain: BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GLIBC includes eglibc

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"Baruch" == Baruch Siach <[email protected]> writes:

Baruch> Yann E. MORIN says:
Baruch> "Although eglibc can be configured to include/exclude parts of the
Baruch> features, it seems to not be in wide use, if at all."

Committed, thanks.

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Bye, Peter Korsgaard