dhcpcd-discuss

Re: [5.2.12/Cross-compiling] "libc support for getifaddrs is required"

Roy Marples

Tue Jun 21 22:12:11 2011

On Tue, 2011-06-21 at 18:14 +0200, Gilles Ganault wrote:
> 	Since the default dhcpcd client crashes at reboot on the uClinux 
> appliance I'm using, I wanted to cross-compile Roy's and give it a 
> shot, but compiling fails:
> 
> ===============
> /usr/src/dhcpcd-5.2.12# ./configure --host=i686-pc-linux 
> --target=bfin-linux-uclibc --disable-fork
> Configuring dhcpcd for ... linux
> Looking for compiler ... bfin-linux-uclibc-gcc
> There is no fork
> Testing for getifaddrs ... no
> libc support for getifaddrs is required - aborting
> ===============
> 
> Does someone know if dhcpcd compiles for uClinux?

The problem is that getifaddrs isn't available in the libc uClinux ships
with.

We need to make a shim for it.

Thanks

Roy


Follow-Ups:
Re: [5.2.12/Cross-compiling] "libc support for getifaddrs is required"Ed W
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[5.2.12/Cross-compiling] "libc support for getifaddrs is required"Gilles Ganault
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