cannot find -lcrypt build error

[Eli Schwartz]

On 2/28/21 10:50 PM, Josef wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> when I set the config build BusyBox as a static binary (no shared
> libs) I get "cannot find -lcrypt" build error, however the crypt
> library exist for example when I run 'gcc test.c -lcrypt' it works,
> I'm not quite sure, it seems that busybox uses a different ld library
> path

Your test seems to be invalid. 'gcc test.c -lcrypt' is trying and
succeeding at dynamically linking the binary, which doesn't really tell
you anything about whether test.c would be able to statically link.

-- 
Eli Schwartz
Arch Linux Bug Wrangler and Trusted User

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