[Buildroot] [PATCH] bandwidthd: fix static build

[Baruch Siach]

Hi Nathaniel,

On Thu, Oct 02, 2014 at 04:24:41PM +0800, Nathaniel Roach wrote:
> On 02/10/14 15:58, Baruch Siach wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 02, 2014 at 03:56:08PM +0800, Nathaniel Roach wrote:
> >> I do vaguely remember some issue with -lpthread, could you send me the
> >> config?
> >>
> >> (It was a while ago, but I'm sure I tested the patch with a basic ARM
> >> config, and IIRC I had the -lpthread issue once or twice but was never
> >> able to reproduce it after my patch)
> > 
> > Get the config from 
> > http://autobuild.buildroot.net/results/e49/e496cc4315c06de61379222d3e842d4cd05b2f71/config.
> 
> After testing that, you are indeed correct.
> 
> I've gone through the emails from a while ago and it's something like this:
> 
> Bandwidthd needs libpcap.
> If libpcap was compiled with libusb that needs to be checked for/handled.
> And if libusb was used apparently /that/ is what needs pthreads, thus
> adding an additional dependency on the configure.ac.
> 
> I'm not sure why I added a hard pass/fail check for lpthread, as I would
> have thought I've done it like I handled like the lpng/zlib issue...
> 
> I'll have a play around and see what I can do.

The libpcap package provides the helpful pcap-config utility that is more or 
less equivalent to pkg-config. grep pcap-config in buildroot to see how it is 
being used to fix static build problems.

baruch

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