Hi Jan,
> Adapt the build system to build a shared library
> libebgenv-${EBG_VERSION}.so symlinked to by a
> libebgenv.so in addition to the static libebgenv.a.
>
> This shared library may be used by external software
> such as SWUpdate [1] wanting to modify EFI Boot Guard's
> environment without having to statically link against
> libebgenv.a, following the pattern of libubootenv [2].
>
> Note that the bg_setenv utility deliberately remains
> statically linked against libebgenv.a. for easy
> inclusion in initramfs or rescue media and to not
> break existing deployments. Alike, libebgenv.a is
> still installed via make install (though distrbutions
> may decide to not package it).
> This may be deprecated and removed in future versions.
>
> [1] https://github.com/sbabic/swupdate
> [2] https://github.com/sbabic/libubootenv
>
> Signed-off-by: Christian Storm <[email protected]>
Any thoughts on this one? In particular regarding the (remaining)
static linking and deprecation of libebgenv.a?
Kind regards,
Christian
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Dr. Christian Storm
Siemens AG, Technology, T RDA IOT SES-DE
Otto-Hahn-Ring 6, 81739 München, Germany
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