Re: [PATCH] perf tools: add compatibility with libelf 0.8 and autodetect

From: Lucas De Marchi
Date: Fri Oct 23 2009 - 17:56:45 EST


(sorry, Ingo, forgot to reply-all)

On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 19:02, Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Also, this would be an urgent fix for v2.6.32 too, to make perf build on
> Arch Linux, agreed?
>
If the fix is as simple as this patch, and will not cause any other
problems, may it be sent to -stable as well?


To make perf build on Arch is also possible to install elfutils from
AUR (http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=5300) and I've made a
request some months ago to switch to this library instead of using
libelf but got no answers.

I think it's Arch's fault to continue using an unmaintained library
when there's an easy replacement, but if the "fix" is easy, why not?



Lucas De Marchi
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