[Buildroot] [PATCHv2 proposal/next 2/3] build: replace host-mkpasswd with host-busybox

Arnout Vandecappelle arnout at mind.be
Thu Jun 7 21:29:01 UTC 2018



On 05-06-18 18:50, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> Christopher, All,
> 
> On 2018-06-05 09:35 -0700, Christopher McCrory spake thusly:
>> Sorry for top post, on mobile.
>> What about using openssl?
>> [1]https://www.openssl.org/docs/manmaster/man1/openssl-passwd.html
> 
> Since we do not require that openssl be installed on the build machine,
> we'd have to build our own one. We do have a host-openssl package, but
> it takes quite a bit of time to build: on my relativelty fast laptop,
> it adds about 32s to the build time. This is a pretty big hit...
> 
> So, not an option IMHO...

 So, not whois, not busybox, not openssl... What about python, which we anyway
require to be installed on the host? I remember that someone has posted a
one-liner that would do the job :-P

 Regards,
 Arnout

[snip]
-- 
Arnout Vandecappelle                          arnout at mind be
Senior Embedded Software Architect            +32-16-286500
Essensium/Mind                                http://www.mind.be
G.Geenslaan 9, 3001 Leuven, Belgium           BE 872 984 063 RPR Leuven
LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/arnoutvandecappelle
GPG fingerprint:  7493 020B C7E3 8618 8DEC 222C 82EB F404 F9AC 0DDF


More information about the buildroot mailing list