[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] berkeleydb: fix build on powerpc64le
Baruch Siach
baruch at tkos.co.il
Thu Nov 3 05:58:05 UTC 2016
Hi Sam,
On Thu, Nov 03, 2016 at 04:38:41PM +1100, Sam Bobroff wrote:
> Fixes
> http://autobuild.buildroot.net/results/964326466789f8d6ff8a064327c38cf145409ab0
>
> The issue appears as a link failure in exim, where pthread symbols are
> undefined (they are not even used by the binary that causes the first
> failure). This is caused by libdb (used by exim) producing static
> rather than shared libraries, and this is due to berkeleydb's
> configure failing to correctly detect shared library support.
>
> Add a case for powerpc64le to allow correct detection of shared library
> support in the linker.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sam Bobroff <sam.bobroff at au1.ibm.com>
> ---
>
> .../berkeleydb/0001-configure-powerpc64le.patch | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 package/berkeleydb/0001-configure-powerpc64le.patch
>
> diff --git a/package/berkeleydb/0001-configure-powerpc64le.patch b/package/berkeleydb/0001-configure-powerpc64le.patch
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..1f76562
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/package/berkeleydb/0001-configure-powerpc64le.patch
> @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
> +Currently, dist/configure on powerpc64le fails to determine the
> +availability of shared library support in the toolchain, causing
> +static libraries to be built even when shared libraries are supported.
> +This can lead to linker failures in packages that use libdb.
> +
> +Add a case for powerpc64le which corrects the problem.
> +
> +Signed-off-by: Sam Bobroff <sam.bobroff at au1.ibm.com>
> +---
> + dist/configure | 3 +++
> + 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> +
> +diff --git a/dist/configure b/dist/configure
> +index db718de..81f2fae 100755
> +--- a/dist/configure
> ++++ b/dist/configure
> +@@ -9330,6 +9330,9 @@ s390*-*linux*|s390*-*tpf*|sparc*-*linux*)
> + x86_64-*linux*)
> + LD="${LD-ld} -m elf_x86_64"
> + ;;
> ++ ppc64le-*linux*|powerpc64le-*linux*)
> ++ LD="${LD-ld} -m elf64lppc"
> ++ ;;
> + ppc*-*linux*|powerpc*-*linux*)
This is strange. This older pattern looks like a superset of your new pattern.
Why doesn't it work?
baruch
> + LD="${LD-ld} -m elf64ppc"
> + ;;
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