2016-08-03 11:37 GMT+02:00 Robert Schwebel <r.schwebel@pengutronix.de>:
On Wed, Aug 03, 2016 at 10:04:37AM +0200, Michael Olbrich wrote:
> 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.

Can you elaborate why you need to patch the toolchain? If it's of
general interest, we might be interested in the patches.

Hi Robert,

I need to deploy a hotfix for a known glibc bug that affected glibc-2.16. This will not be needed for more recent glibc versions.

Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia
guille.rodriguez@gmail.com