[BusyBox] Autoconf

Glenn McGrath bug1 at optushome.com.au
Sat Oct 6 13:30:51 UTC 2001


On Sun, 7 Oct 2001 05:21:19 +1000
Glenn McGrath <bug1 at optushome.com.au> wrote:


> The big problem i see is compiling libbb, how do we make libbb compile
only
> the functions that a particular kernel can provide, some things in libbb
> may compile but shouldnt be used, e.g. different system calls.
> 
> Do we have to wrap each libbb function in #defines with all system
> dependent variables, and on top of that have manual override to turn of
the
> function that will compile but not run.
> 

I should add, i think this is a problem we face in making busybox portable
irrespective of wether we use autotools or makefiles.


Glenn





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