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perf tools: bfd.h/libbfd detection fails with recent binutils 

With recent binutils I get:

 perf % make
Makefile:668: No bfd.h/libbfd found, install binutils-dev[el]/zlib-static to gain symbol demanglin

That happens because bfd.h now contains:

I've reopened a bug in the hope that this check will be deleted:
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14243

But in the meantime, the following patch fixes the problem

Signed-off-by: Markus Trippelsdorf <markus@trippelsdorf.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20120919072902.GA262@x4
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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Markus Trippelsdorf 2012-09-19 09:29:02 +02:00 committed by Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
parent 70d9304475
commit 3ce711a6ab
2 changed files with 2 additions and 1 deletions
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tools/perf/Makefile
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@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ else
EXTLIBS += -liberty
BASIC_CFLAGS += -DHAVE_CPLUS_DEMANGLE
else
FLAGS_BFD=$(ALL_CFLAGS) $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(EXTLIBS) -lbfd
FLAGS_BFD=$(ALL_CFLAGS) $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(EXTLIBS) -DPACKAGE='perf' -lbfd
has_bfd := $(call try-cc,$(SOURCE_BFD),$(FLAGS_BFD))
ifeq ($(has_bfd),y)
EXTLIBS += -lbfd

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tools/perf/util/symbol.h
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@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ static inline char *bfd_demangle(void __maybe_unused *v,
return NULL;
}
#else
#define PACKAGE 'perf'
#include <bfd.h>
#endif
#endif