[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] util-linux: bump version to 2.28.1

Thomas Petazzoni thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com
Thu Aug 11 20:35:49 UTC 2016


Hello,

On Thu, 11 Aug 2016 23:39:56 +0530, Rahul Bedarkar wrote:

> +if BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBUUID
> +
> +config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBUUID_FORCE_UUIDD
> +	bool "force uuidd"
> +	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_UUIDD
> +	help
> +	  Support uuidd even though the uuidd daemon is disabled.

What is the motivation for this new config option? Just that a new
--enable-<foo> has appeared in util-linux?

Also, I'm note quite sure to understand what it does, and therefore if
the chosen dependencies are correct. Could you give some more details?

Thanks!

Thomas
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