Re: [ptxdist] Patched glibc in a ptxdist BSP

[Juergen Borleis <jbe@pengutronix.de>]

Hi,

On Wednesday 03 August 2016 11:45:57 Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia wrote:
> 2016-08-03 10:04 GMT+02:00 Michael Olbrich <m.olbrich@pengutronix.de>:
> > On Tue, Aug 02, 2016 at 07:06:55PM +0200, Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia wrote:
> > > I need to include a patched version of glibc in a ptxdist BSP. I know
> > > that glibc itself is not compiled as part of the BSP, but as part of the
> > > toolchain. What is the best way to generate a patched glibc without
> > > recompiling the toolchain ? Is there a recommended procedure for this?
> >
> > There is no procedure for this. The libc is part of toolchain, and mixing
> > different versions is not a good idea.
> > And at least with an OSELAS.Toolchain, rebuilding it isn't really a
> > problem. It's just a PTXdist project.
>
> Thank you for your answer. Probably I did not explain my problem correctly.
> Rebuilding the toolchain per se is not a problem; the problem is how to
> deploy the patched library. The process of rebuilding the toolchain
> basically installs the (fixed) toolchain in my development machine. This is
> perfect for the regular development cycle, however in this case what I
> really need is a way to deploy a hotfix with the patched library on the
> target systems (that are already running). So I was looking for a way to
> generate an ipkg/opkg or something that I can easily deploy.

There should be a "platform-<name>/packages/glibc_2.16.0_*.ipk" which could do 
this job.

Cheers
Juergen

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