[Buildroot] [PATCH] libevent: Add Gentoo patch for C libraries without the sysctl syscall

Markos Chandras markos.chandras at gmail.com
Wed Dec 5 17:03:52 UTC 2012


On 5 December 2012 16:51, Peter Korsgaard <jacmet at uclibc.org> wrote:
>>>>>> "Markos" == Markos Chandras <markos.chandras at gmail.com> writes:
>
> Hi,
>
>  >> +++ b/package/libevent/libevent-sysctl.patch
>  >> @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
>  >> +Add Gentoo fix for C libraries that lack the sysctl system call
>  >> +http://sources2.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/gentoo-x86/dev-libs/libevent/files/libevent-2.0.16-sysctl.patch?revision=1.1
>  >> +This patch has already been commited upstream
>  >> +
>  >> +Signed-off-by: Markos Chandras <markos.chandras at imgtec.com>
>  >> +
>  >> +From 358c745e5432f7648b6f8b3188f32b5551cbf9d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>  >> +From: Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo.org>
>  >> +Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 11:39:48 -0500
>  >> +Subject: [PATCH] check for sysctl before we use it
>  >> +
>  >> +Not all C libraries under Linux support the sysctl() func.
>
>  Markos> Ping? :-)
>
> What archs (in Buildroot context) are affected by this?
>
> --
> Bye, Peter Korsgaard

Hi Peter,

All of the existing architectures in buildroot support the sysctl
syscall. However, this patch will not cause any problem
for these architectures anyway.

-- 
Regards,
Markos


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