buildroot/package/gnutls/Config.in
Bernd Kuhls 30ed9de2fd package/gnutls: disable for static build
The gnutils code uses __attribute__((constructor)) and
__attribute__((destructor)) to call constructor/desctructor when a
shared library is loaded.
Constructor/desctructor are not used when a static library is used
(except when if -Wl,--whole-archive -lgnutls -Wno-whole-archive is
used, not tested).

Even if gnutls initialization (_gnutls_global_init()) may be
called manually, the gnutls maintainer said it's not supported [1].

"Note that static linking applications with gnutls is not something
 supported. gnutls relies on library constructors and destructors
 which are not loaded when linking statically."

Now the gnutls script warns about static linking [2].

So disable gnutls statically by adding "depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS"
at Kconfig level and --disable-static in GNUTLS_CONF_OPTS.

Fixes:
[taskd] http://autobuild.buildroot.net/results/c2d/c2dd5c1c9dc87d2943c15e58ee56e67d7375368c
[ffmpeg] http://autobuild.buildroot.net/results/892/8926d319d6d1cd1ee72239ad7d9ca869d2355628
[sngrep] http://autobuild.buildroot.net/results/f7f/f7fb42d3742f6f01000a0d181e0c785640284405

[1] https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/issues/203
[2] 6b74888679

Signed-off-by: Bernd Kuhls <bernd.kuhls@t-online.de>
[Romain: merge our two patches together
    add some option comment
    disable static libgnutls.a
    add sngrep autobuilder reference]
Signed-off-by: Romain Naour <romain.naour@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Bernd Kuhls <bernd.kuhls@t-online.de>
[Thomas: do not disable libgnutls.a]
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
2017-05-29 22:52:34 +02:00

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config BR2_PACKAGE_GNUTLS
bool "gnutls"
# https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls/issues/203
depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBTASN1
select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBUNISTRING
select BR2_PACKAGE_NETTLE
select BR2_PACKAGE_PCRE
help
GnuTLS is a secure communications library implementing the SSL
and TLS protocols and technologies around them.
http://www.gnutls.org
if BR2_PACKAGE_GNUTLS
config BR2_PACKAGE_GNUTLS_TOOLS
bool "install tools"
select BR2_PACKAGE_ARGP_STANDALONE \
if BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_MUSL
help
Install GnuTLS command line tools for various cryptographic tasks.
endif
comment "gnutls needs a toolchain w/ wchar, dynamic library"
depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || BR2_STATIC_LIBS