On Fri, Aug 08, 2014 at 09:59:14AM -0700, Khem Raj wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 5:07 AM,  <zbos...@pr.hu> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am trying to create a small(ish) x86 Angström build with some updated
> > components.
> >
> > One such component is MariaDB. I have some problems with the included
> > MariaDB 5.1.67. First, it's too old. Second, it's not started
> > automatically when I use an image that uses systemd.
> >
> > I had quite some obstacles with upgrading MariaDB in the new layer-based
> > OpenEmbedded, starting with the switch to use CMake instead of autotools.
> >
> > Now, another biggie concerns the whole Angström build. I ran into this:
> >
> > https://mariadb.atlassian.net/browse/MDEV-5982

See mariadb upgrade on oe-devel ML, it's solved there.

> > MariaDB fails to link at a very late stage because of this in
> > meta-angstrom/conf/distro/include/angstrom-eglibc.inc :
> >
> > # We use gold as default linker for arm/x86 on eglibc based images
> > DISTRO_FEATURES_append_arm = " ld-is-gold"
> > DISTRO_FEATURES_append_x86 = " ld-is-gold"
> > DISTRO_FEATURES_append_x86-64 = " ld-is-gold"
> >
> > Why does Angström use "GNU gold"?
> 
> being multithreaded it speeds up the link time significantly on some
> large applications. You could fix this
> by providing own ld script where you remove the VERSION contruct.
> Since you may not be building
> all those qt libraries etc. you might consider not using gold. another
> option is to use ld.bfd just for mariadb
> package by setting LD properly for mariadb build.
> 
> Because of the above, binutils builds
> > with "--enable-gold=default --enable-threads" and behaves in a subtly
> > different way than plain GNU ld.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Zoltán Böszörményi
> >
> >
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