On 04/01/17 16:08, Sudeep Holla wrote:
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> On 04/01/17 16:06, Jiri Olsa wrote:
>> On Wed, Jan 04, 2017 at 03:56:03PM +0000, Sudeep Holla wrote:
>>> When libelf is disabled in the configuration, we get the following
>>> linker error:
>>> LINK libperf-jvmti.so
>>> ld: cannot find -lelf
>>> Makefile.perf:515: recipe for target 'libperf-jvmti.so' failed
>>>
>>> Jiri pointed out that both librt and libelf are not really required. So
>>> this patch fixes the linker error by getting rid of unwanted libraries
>>> in the linker stage.
>>>
>>> Fixes: d4dfdf00d43e ("perf jvmti: Plug compilation into perf build")
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>> hum, AFAICS it linked -lelf and -lrt even before right? ;-)
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> Yes, sorry I forgot to remove that and trace it back the actual commit.
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Having looked at it again, it looks new additions in the above commit.
It may be a copied from somewhere else but I can't trace it back :(.
I need your help if you want to get rid of that ;)
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Regards,
Sudeep
