[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] package/e2fsprogs: enable libarchive for host package

Fiona Klute fiona.klute at gmx.de
Fri Sep 4 16:54:27 UTC 2026


From: "Fiona Klute (othermo GmbH)" <fiona.klute at gmx.de>

mke2fs need libarchive to populate a newly created filesystem from a
tarball with "-d tarball|-". Enable it in HOST_E2FSPROGS_CONF_OPTS,
and add a dependency on host-libarchive.

Signed-off-by: Fiona Klute (othermo GmbH) <fiona.klute at gmx.de>
---
I need "mke2fs -d" in a post-image script. I could add a config option
for host-libarchive, but it's not a heavy package, so simplicity is
probably better. :-)

 package/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs.mk | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/package/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs.mk b/package/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs.mk
index d9ebf4c73d..e9dd367ce9 100644
--- a/package/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs.mk
+++ b/package/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs.mk
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ E2FSPROGS_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 # This prevents overriding them with e2fsprogs' ones, which may cause
 # problems for other packages.
 E2FSPROGS_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf util-linux
-HOST_E2FSPROGS_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf host-util-linux
+HOST_E2FSPROGS_DEPENDENCIES = host-libarchive host-pkgconf host-util-linux
 
 E2FSPROGS_SELINUX_MODULES = fstools
 
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ HOST_E2FSPROGS_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--enable-symlink-install \
 	--enable-elf-shlibs \
 	--with-crond-dir=no \
+	--with-libarchive=yes \
 	--with-udev-rules-dir=no \
 	--with-systemd-unit-dir=no
 
-- 
2.55.0



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