[Buildroot] [PATCH] toolchain-external: restrict copying of dynamic loader to ld*.so.*

[Thomas De Schampheleire]

On Sun, Oct 27, 2019, 14:59 Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at bootlin.com>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> On Tue,  5 Feb 2019 22:15:44 +0100
> Thomas De Schampheleire <patrickdepinguin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > From: Thomas De Schampheleire <thomas.de_schampheleire at nokia.com>
> >
> > Commit 32bec8ee2fb00c6750fa842bbb0eb79b0c081fa2
> > ("toolchain-external: copy ld*.so* for all C libraries") changed (among
> > other things) the glob pattern to catch the dynamic loader from
> >     ld*.so.*
> > to
> >     ld*.so*
> >
> > thus now matching files like 'ld-2.20.so' in addition to files like
> > 'ld.so.1'.
> >
> > However, there is no apparent reason why that change was made. It is not
> > explicitly mentioned in the commit message as to why that would be
> needed,
> > nor is clear based on the rest of the changes in that commit.
> >
> > The consequence of the change is that more files than needed end up in
> the
> > target root filesystem, adding extra unnecessary size to it.
> >
> > Therefore, revert the glob pattern back to what it was.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Thomas De Schampheleire <
> thomas.de_schampheleire at nokia.com>
>
> Thanks Thomas! As you know, we like this kind of patch to bitrot for a
> few months in patchwork, to finally apply them.
>
> So this is what just happened: I applied your patch, after
> significantly extending the commit log with additional explanations
> from your lengthy reply in this thread.
>
> Thanks for your patience!
>

Thanks :-)

Best regards,
Thomas
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