[Buildroot] [PATCH] libcap: Add optional support for libattr capabilities

Markos Chandras markos.chandras at gmail.com
Sat Mar 16 19:52:45 UTC 2013


On 16 March 2013 18:11, Thomas Petazzoni
<thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com> wrote:
> Dear Markos Chandras,
>
> On Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:22:38 +0000, Markos Chandras wrote:
>
>> +ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ATTR),y)
>> +     LIBCAP_DEPENDENCIES += host-attr attr
>
> We don't generally tie dependencies of host packages on
> BR2_PACKAGE_<foo> options. Is there a specific reason that requires
> host-libcap to be built against host-attr?
>
Hi Thomas,

No special reason, just making sure the host-libcap is built the same
way as the target one does so it can support the same functionality.
Should I resend this patch but only changing the way the target libcap is built?

-- 
Regards,
Markos Chandras


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