[Buildroot] [PATCH v2] package/python-pycrypto: fix python3.8 compatibility
Thomas Petazzoni
thomas.petazzoni at bootlin.com
Mon Apr 27 05:23:38 UTC 2020
On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 00:25:54 +0200
Romain Naour <romain.naour at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Actually we probably just need to add python-m2crypto and drop
> > https://github.com/buildroot/buildroot/blob/master/package/crda/0001-crda-support-python-3-in-utils-key2pub.py.patch
> > as it appears that python-m2crypto added support for python 3.
>
> python-m2crypto was removed from Buildroot by commit [1], it was only used by
> crda package. But since crda is a "legacy" package, I don't think it's worth the
> effort to re-add this package.
>
> From [2]
> "CRDA is no longer needed as of kernel v4.15 since commit 007f6c5e6eb45
> ("cfg80211: support loading regulatory database as firmware file") added
> support to use the kernel's firmware request API which looks for the
> firmware on /lib/firmware. Because of this CRDA is legacy software for
> older kernels. It will continue to be maintained."
We still have users running kernels < 4.15, so we need to keep
supporting CRDA for quite a while. It is too early to call it "legacy"
from a Buildroot perspective.
Thomas
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