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

[Khem Raj]

On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 2:37 PM Richard Purdie
<richard.purdie at linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
> 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.
>

I think we could turn it into a packageconfig and add depending on
gettext-native
in knob,  keep the knob disabled by default. While dont think
translation files will
be commonly installed on systems OE targets but its seems limiting if we simply
disable it.

> 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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