[Buildroot] [PATCH v2] package/xfsprogs: fix static build

Yann E. MORIN yann.morin.1998 at free.fr
Sun Feb 26 11:19:03 UTC 2017


xfsprogs links to some libraries from util-linux. Those in turn may use
i18n functions when locales are enabled.

When doing a uClibc build, those i18n functions are provided by the
libintl library from the gettext package.

xfsprogs does not use pkgconfig to find the util-linux libraries, so it
misses the Requires.private field from libblkid, and thus misses the
Libs.private field from libuid.

And so a static link fails because of undefined references to i18n
symbols.

Furthermore, xfsprogs does not use automake; the hand-made Makefiles do
not make use of the LIBS variable set by configure.

We fix that in two ways:

  - pass LIBS=-lintl to configure, so that the configure step has a
    chance to succeed  (as suggested by Waldemar)

  - patch a Makefile to link with EXTRALIBS, and pass EXTRALIBS via
    XFSPROGS_MAKE_OPTS

Fixes:
    http://autobuild.buildroot.org/results/503/50314716a9f72e8bb238e52e9dc342c68f7e0b8b/
    http://autobuild.buildroot.org/results/253/253a024698b55dece992b2631e30edf4ff9092f7/
    http://autobuild.buildroot.org/results/3fe/3fe0d96cf13af12b0051a95f7865d4e38f4a78af/
    http://autobuild.buildroot.org/results/d48/d48e61785d25d33106b7dab1b5cb200cf27d4044/
    ...

Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr>
Cc: Waldemar Brodkorb <wbx at openadk.org>

---
Changs v1 -> v2:
  - add commit log to patch itself
---
 .../0004-build-add-EXTRALIBS-to-link-with.patch    | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 package/xfsprogs/xfsprogs.mk                       | 17 +++++++
 2 files changed, 70 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 package/xfsprogs/0004-build-add-EXTRALIBS-to-link-with.patch

diff --git a/package/xfsprogs/0004-build-add-EXTRALIBS-to-link-with.patch b/package/xfsprogs/0004-build-add-EXTRALIBS-to-link-with.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ff0580
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/xfsprogs/0004-build-add-EXTRALIBS-to-link-with.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+From 1e9bb2fba94bc508659f1667bf95501324849bb9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr>
+Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2017 12:04:54 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] build: add EXTRALIBS to link with
+
+When doing a uClibc static build, the build fails to link:
+    http://autobuild.buildroot.org/results/503/50314716a9f72e8bb238e52e9dc342c68f7e0b8b/build-end.log
+
+The cause is due to:
+  - xfsprogs links dome programs with util-linux' libblkid
+  - util-linux' libblkid is linked to util-linux' libuuid
+  - util-linux' libuuid uses i18n functions when locales are enabled
+  - uClibc does not provide i18n functions
+  - i18n functions are provided by libintl from libintl from gettext
+
+util-linux installs pkg-config files for thos two libs. However,
+xfsprogs does not use pkg-config to find libblkid or libuuid, thus it
+misses the Libs.private field from libuid.
+
+In this case, it is necessary to pass LIBS=-lintl at configure time, so
+that configure correctly finds libblkid.
+
+Still, this is not enough, because the build will not use LIBS during
+the link phase.
+
+We fix that last bit by adding EXTRALIBS to the libraries to link with,
+so that it is possible to pass EXTRALIBS=-lintl at build time:
+
+    $ ./configure [...] LIBS=-lintl
+    $ make EXTRALIBS=-lintl
+
+Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr>
+Cc: Waldemar Brodkorb <wbx at openadk.org>
+---
+ include/buildmacros | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/include/buildmacros b/include/buildmacros
+index a7c5d8a..dd62d80 100644
+--- a/include/buildmacros
++++ b/include/buildmacros
+@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ BUILDRULES = $(TOPDIR)/include/buildrules
+ 
+ LDFLAGS += $(LOADERFLAGS) $(LLDFLAGS)
+ LTLDFLAGS += $(LOADERFLAGS)
+-LDLIBS = $(LLDLIBS) $(PLDLIBS) $(MALLOCLIB)
++LDLIBS = $(LLDLIBS) $(PLDLIBS) $(MALLOCLIB) $(EXTRALIBS)
+ 
+ MAKEOPTS = --no-print-directory Q=$(Q)
+ SRCFILES = Makefile $(HFILES) $(CFILES) $(LSRCFILES) $(LFILES) $(YFILES)
+-- 
+2.7.4
+
diff --git a/package/xfsprogs/xfsprogs.mk b/package/xfsprogs/xfsprogs.mk
index e59f1f6..c110733 100644
--- a/package/xfsprogs/xfsprogs.mk
+++ b/package/xfsprogs/xfsprogs.mk
@@ -18,6 +18,23 @@ XFSPROGS_CONF_OPTS = \
 	INSTALL_GROUP=root \
 	--enable-static
 
+# xfsprogs links some of its programs to libs from util-linux, which use
+# i18n functions. For shared-only builds, that's automatically pulled in.
+# Static builds need some help, though...
+#
+# No need to depend on gettext in this case: xfsprogs does not use it for
+# itself; util-linux does need it and has it in its own dependencies.
+#
+# xfsprogs' buildsystem uses hand-made Makefiles, not automake, and they
+# do not use the LIBS variable set by configure. So we use EXTRALIBS that
+# is added by our patch.
+#
+# It is not needed to propagate the EXTRALIBS to the install step.
+ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS)$(BR2_SHARED_STATIC_LIBS)$(BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE),yy)
+XFSPROGS_CONF_OPTS += LIBS=-lintl
+XFSPROGS_MAKE_OPTS = EXTRALIBS=-lintl
+endif
+
 XFSPROGS_INSTALL_TARGET_OPTS = DIST_ROOT=$(TARGET_DIR) install
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))
-- 
2.7.4



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