[Buildroot] [Bug 7742] New: dhcp lacks important features when BR2_ENABLE_DEBUG
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Mon Dec 22 16:14:07 UTC 2014
https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=7742
Summary: dhcp lacks important features when BR2_ENABLE_DEBUG
Product: buildroot
Version: 2014.11
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: minor
Priority: P5
Component: Other
AssignedTo: unassigned at buildroot.uclibc.org
ReportedBy: thomas.claveirole at green-communications.fr
CC: buildroot at uclibc.org
Estimated Hours: 0.0
Created attachment 5804
--> https://bugs.busybox.net/attachment.cgi?id=5804
Fix the reported bug at least partially.
Hi,
When configured with --enable-debug, the DHCP server built from the dhcp
package has some important features disabled. Most notably, it cannot go
background, change its UID and GID, nor create PID files (see server/dhcpd.c
from the package's sources)...
... and setting BR2_ENABLE_DEBUG does add a --enable-debug option to all target
packages that use the Autotools, including the dhcp package (code is in
package/Makefile.in:387 and package/pkg-autotools.mk:205).
However, the help for BR2_ENABLE_DEBUG states that this option should only
impact debugging symbols. Therefore, disabling dhcp features when
BR2_ENABLE_DEBUG is on is a bit harsh.
I am not sure what a proper fix for this would be. *Maybe* a solution is not
to give --enable-debug to dhcp when BR2_ENABLE_DEBUG, but the Autotools
infrastructure does not allow this. Attached is a patch I use for the dhcp
package that keeps the aforementioned features even when one configures the
package with --enable-debug. But I only looked quickly at dhcpd's source code,
and --enable-debug might disable other features I am not aware of (and possibly
in other programs, e.g., the DHCP client).
Cheers,
Thomas
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