[Buildroot] [PATCH] util-linux: fix link failures due to name clash

Carlos Santos casantos at datacom.ind.br
Tue Nov 7 00:45:28 UTC 2017


> From: "Carlos Santos" <casantos at datacom.ind.br>
> To: "Luca Ceresoli" <luca at lucaceresoli.net>
> Cc: "Adam Duskett" <aduskett at gmail.com>, buildroot at buildroot.org
> Sent: Monday, November 6, 2017 10:19:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH] util-linux: fix link failures due to name clash

>> From: "Luca Ceresoli" <luca at lucaceresoli.net>
>> To: buildroot at buildroot.org
>> Cc: "Luca Ceresoli" <luca at lucaceresoli.net>, "Adam Duskett" <aduskett at gmail.com>
>> Sent: Monday, November 6, 2017 9:14:01 PM
>> Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH] util-linux: fix link failures due to name clash
> 
>> Several packages have a similar md5.c file, and each has a function
>> named byteReverse(). This generates link errors ("multiple definition
>> of `byteReverse'").
>> 
>> Fix by declaring byteReverse as static, since it is just an internal
>> function.
>> 
>> Fixes:
>>  http://autobuild.buildroot.net/results/419ab2c0e034cc68991281c51caa8271b0fadbab/
> 
> Did you submit this patch upstream?

[Do not hit “send” before completing the the message, dooh!]

Perhaps it was blocked by the util-linux MLM. Did you submit the patch as a plain-text message using git send-email?

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Carlos Santos (Casantos) - DATACOM, P&D
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