[Buildroot] [PATCH] util-linux: fix link failures due to name clash

Luca Ceresoli luca at lucaceresoli.net
Mon Nov 6 23:14:01 UTC 2017


Several packages have a similar md5.c file, and each has a function
named byteReverse(). This generates link errors ("multiple definition
of `byteReverse'").

Fix by declaring byteReverse as static, since it is just an internal
function.

Fixes:
  http://autobuild.buildroot.net/results/419ab2c0e034cc68991281c51caa8271b0fadbab/

Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca at lucaceresoli.net>
Cc: Adam Duskett <aduskett at gmail.com>

---

I sent this patch upstream more than half an hour ago, but it still
hasn't landed on the mailing-list...
---
 .../0001-md5-declare-byteReverse-as-static.patch   | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 package/util-linux/0001-md5-declare-byteReverse-as-static.patch

diff --git a/package/util-linux/0001-md5-declare-byteReverse-as-static.patch b/package/util-linux/0001-md5-declare-byteReverse-as-static.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..12f77a906f9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/util-linux/0001-md5-declare-byteReverse-as-static.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+From a02ec53951ea8ac10fef1115f323c0c288596163 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Luca Ceresoli <luca at lucaceresoli.net>
+Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2017 22:58:09 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] md5: declare byteReverse as static
+
+byteReverse() is an internal function in md5.c, and is not exposed via
+any header file, but it is not declared as static. This is a problem
+with the md5.c file since it is copied more or less verbatim in other
+programs (fontconfig and pjsip among others), causing a link error
+when linking two of them together.
+
+Fixes link failures such as:
+  http://autobuild.buildroot.net/results/419ab2c0e034cc68991281c51caa8271b0fadbab/build-end.log
+
+Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca at lucaceresoli.net>
+---
+ lib/md5.c | 4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/lib/md5.c b/lib/md5.c
+index 488d16ef69b4..282e2d22af25 100644
+--- a/lib/md5.c
++++ b/lib/md5.c
+@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@
+ #if !defined(WORDS_BIGENDIAN)
+ #define byteReverse(buf, len)	/* Nothing */
+ #else
+-void byteReverse(unsigned char *buf, unsigned longs);
++static void byteReverse(unsigned char *buf, unsigned longs);
+ 
+ #ifndef ASM_MD5
+ /*
+  * Note: this code is harmless on little-endian machines.
+  */
+-void byteReverse(unsigned char *buf, unsigned longs)
++static void byteReverse(unsigned char *buf, unsigned longs)
+ {
+     uint32_t t;
+     do {
+-- 
+2.7.4
+
-- 
2.7.4



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