[Buildroot] [PATCH] gtest: fix usage on ARM platforms

[Carlos Santos]

> From: "Thomas Petazzoni" <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com>
> To: "Carlos Santos" <casantos at datacom.ind.br>
> Cc: buildroot at buildroot.org
> Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2017 9:33:31 AM
> Subject: Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH] gtest: fix usage on ARM platforms

> Hello,
> 
> On Wed, 19 Apr 2017 08:51:52 -0300, Carlos Santos wrote:
>> Ensure that GTest is compiled with -fPIC to allow linking the static
>> libraries with dynamically linked programs. This is not a requirement
>> for most architectures but is mandatory for ARM.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Carlos Santos <casantos at datacom.ind.br>
> 
> Is this fixing an autobuilder issue? If so, the reference to the
> autobuilder failure should be included in the commit log.

It was observed during a local build of one of our products which
has an ARM Cortex-A9 processor.

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