[Buildroot] [PATCH] support/dependencies: ensure we have 'file' on the host

[Yann E. MORIN]

Baruch, All,

On 2015-11-28 22:30 +0200, Baruch Siach spake thusly:
> On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 09:02:09PM +0100, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> > When 'file' is missing on the host, libtool fails miserably. Packages
> > that use libtool will suddenly FTBFS, with cryptic error messages, like
> > missing libraries on the linker invocation.
> > 
> > We could ensure that autotools based packages now all depend on
> > host-file. But It itself is an autotools package, so it's again a
> > chicken-n-egg issue. And even non-autotools package may use libtool.
> > 
> > So, just require that 'file' is present on the host.
> 
> The "Mandatory packages" section in docs/manual/prerequisite.txt should 
> mention that.

Yes, sure. Thanks! :-)

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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