[Buildroot] PATCH: set BR2_INET_RPC dependency for nfs-utils and portmap
Ivan Kuten
ivan.kuten at promwad.com
Sun Oct 14 12:35:37 UTC 2007
Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> On Sunday 14 October 2007 01:50:32 Ivan Kuten wrote:
>> Set BR2_INET_RPC dependency for nfs-utils and portmap:
>
> We had the same issue in BusyBox, and solved it the other way around: have
> tools needing RPC do a 'select' on RPC, such as (this is not a patch!):
>
> ---8<---
> Index: package/nfs-utils/Config.in
> ===================================================================
> --- package/nfs-utils/Config.in (revision 20237)
> +++ package/nfs-utils/Config.in (working copy)
> @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
> config BR2_PACKAGE_NFS_UTILS
> bool "nfs-utils"
> default n
> + select BR2_INET_RPC
> help
> The NFS Linux kernel server.
> Warning: We do not force largefile support on here on purpose.
> Index: package/portmap/Config.in
> ===================================================================
> --- package/portmap/Config.in (revision 20237)
> +++ package/portmap/Config.in (working copy)
> @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
> config BR2_PACKAGE_PORTMAP
> bool "portmap"
> default n
> + select BR2_INET_RPC
> help
> The standard portmapper for RPC services.
>
> ---8<---
>
> This is, imho, better this way because what people really want is NFS or
> portmap, and might not know that RPC is needed to make those two available.
>
> Having NFS and portmap visible and 'select' the needed RPC support is more
> straightforward. But again, this is my humble opinion.
>
Hello Yann,
I completely agree with you, your approach is better.
BR,
Ivan
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