[Buildroot] libusb host gcc version issue

Arnout Vandecappelle arnout at mind.be
Wed Jan 13 21:24:59 UTC 2021



On 13/01/2021 10:27, Zoltan Gyarmati wrote:
> Dear All,
> 
> compiling host-libusb requires gcc >=4.9 (due to   _Thread_local ), which 
> causes autobuilder failures on older distros (like Ubuntu 14.04),

 That's what the symbol BR2_HOST_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9 is for (and that's what the
Ubuntu 14.04 autobuilder is for).

 Regards,
 Arnout

> see the 
> linked autobuild report below. Also the target build needs >= 4.9, but it's 
> already being handled by Fabric's patch.
>   One way to fix the host build to bump the minimal GCC version to 4.9 in 
> 'support/dependencies/dependencies.mk', although I'm not sure it's desirable, 
> as it's not only kicks out Ubuntu 14.04 (which is EOL anyway), but also CentOS 
> 7 (which is supported until 2024). What is the public opinion on this?
> 
> Thx, regards
> Zoltan Gyarmati
> 
> On 2021. január 13., szerda 9:20:58 CET Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Autobuilder failures
>> ====================
>>
>> Below is a list of build failures reported by the Buildroot
>> autobuilders in relation to packages or CPU
>> architectures you are in charge of. Please help us
>> improving the quality of Buildroot by investigating
>> those build failures and sending patches to fix
>> them.Thanks!
>>
>> Results for the 'master' branch
>> -------------------------------
>>
>> Build failures related to your packages:
>>
>>     arch     |             reason             |                             
>>          url
>> -------------+--------------------------------+----------------------------
>> ----------------------------------------------------- arm      |      
>> host-libusb-1.0.24       |
>> http://autobuild.buildroot.net/results/a9a557eed77238fff36735f4391278bca40b
>> 9d04
> 
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