[Buildroot] [PATCH v1 1/3] package/libtomcrypt: add pkgconfig support

[Peter Seiderer]

Hello Arnout,

On Tue, 4 May 2021 09:28:35 +0200, Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout at mind.be> wrote:

> On 03/05/2021 21:38, Peter Seiderer wrote:
> > By the way, libtomcrypt depends on libtommath which used -fPIC unconditionally...
>
>  So, apparently I'm just full of s**t when I say -fPIC sometimes fails in static
> builds... Weird, I really *do* remember that...
>
>  Ah, here I have it: [1] It doesn't lead to build failures, it's just less
> performant and useless in static builds. It turns out, however, that we
> unconditionally pass -fPIC in dozens of packages. So one more doesn't really
> hurt I guess.

Thanks for insight, can send (at least) a patch for libtommath to change the
-fPIC usage only for the non static case...

Regards,
Peter

>
>  Regards,
>  Arnout
>
>
> [1]
> https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/buildroot/patch/20210209104726.20132-1-kremneva@synopsys.com/
>
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