[Buildroot] util-linux builds and installs lots of unwanted binaries

[Gustavo Zacarias]

On 2012-04-16 12:17, Sven Neumann wrote:

> Hi,
>
> recently udev started to depend on util-linux for libblkid. Since 
> then
> there are lots of binaries built and installs that did not asked for.
> Here's an incomplete list of such binaries:
>
> blockdev, fdformat, fsck.minix, isosize, mkfs, mkfs.bfs, mkfs.minix,
> mkswap, swaplabel, sfdisk, getopt, getopt-parse.bash, 
> getopt-parse.tcsh,
> cal logger look mcookie namei whereis
>
> Now I am wondering about the best way to change this so that only the
> libraries are built and installed unless util-linux is configured
> otherwise. I am looking for a solution that can be accepted in 
> buildbot.
> And if changes to util-linux are needed, then those should have a 
> chance
> to be accepted upstream in util-linux. What would you advice?
>
>
> Regards,
> Sven

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Regards.