[OE-core] [PATCH 1/2] glibc: Explicitly disable msgfmt

Richard Purdie richard.purdie at linuxfoundation.org
Sat Mar 7 22:37:47 UTC 2020


If configure is rerun it finds msgfmt from gettext-native which is installed
during package_write_ipk|deb and means builds are not determinisic.

Whether msgfmt is needed is debatable (libc.mo files arne't generated without
it) however we should at least be consistent which this patch ensures.

Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie at linuxfoundation.org>
---
 meta/recipes-core/glibc/glibc.inc | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/glibc/glibc.inc b/meta/recipes-core/glibc/glibc.inc
index 58d2ba7bc44..23a6ca99ae0 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/glibc/glibc.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/glibc/glibc.inc
@@ -9,8 +9,11 @@ inherit autotools texinfo features_check systemd
 
 LEAD_SONAME = "libc.so"
 
+# msgfmt could come from gettext-native but we don't depend on that and
+# disable for reproducibility
 CACHED_CONFIGUREVARS += " \
   ac_cv_path_BASH_SHELL=${base_bindir}/bash \
+  ac_cv_prog_MSGFMT= \
   libc_cv_slibdir=${base_libdir} \
   libc_cv_rootsbindir=${base_sbindir} \
   libc_cv_localedir=${localedir} \
-- 
2.25.0



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