[Buildroot] [PATCH v3, 1/1] package/samba4: Do not force target python

Trent Piepho trent.piepho at synapse.com
Mon Jan 6 20:58:53 UTC 2020


On Fri, 2020-01-03 at 14:43 +0100, Fabrice Fontaine wrote:
> Samba does not need python on the target for file server functionality.
> It does need it for the Active Directory Domain Controller feature,
> which is already configured in buildroot as optional and already depends
> on python3 since commit 4485a75859fbae99090b065ddd7c088a65571d37.
> 
> An unnecessary target python greatly increases the size of the target
> filesystem. A somewhat minimal configuration with a samba server shunk
> from an 82 MB rootfs to 53 MB with this patch.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Trent Piepho <trent.piepho at synapse.com>
> Signed-off-by: Fabrice Fontaine <fontaine.fabrice at gmail.com>
> ---
> Changes v2 -> v3 (after review of Thomas Petazzoni):
>  - Only drop select in Config.in
> 
> Changes v1 -> v2 (after review of Thomas Petazzoni):
>  - Rework patch due so it can be applied after commits
>    fe033bdf534a7892ced72c11635d863afa92d1d2 and
>    4485a75859fbae99090b065ddd7c088a65571d37

Test v3 and it looks good to me.  After commit fe033bd added the
disable-python logic, the samba4.mk part of my origina v1 isn't needed
anymore to get a working build.



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