[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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