libcurl: re-enable on non-MMU platforms

In 9229b82d63 ('libcurl: needs MMU'),
the libcurl package was disabled on non-MMU systems, due to the usage
of the fork() function in the library.

However, a deeper inspection reveals that fork() is only used in the
implementation of NTLM, an obscure, undocumented, Microsoft specific
authentication method that apparently isn't common anymore. See
http://curl.haxx.se/docs/manpage.html#--ntlm.

Therefore, this commit re-enables libcurl on non-MMU systems by
explicitly disabling the NTLM support. If someone ever needs NTLM
support in Buildroot's libcurl package, it will always be time to add
a libcurl sub-option to enable it.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
This commit is contained in:
Thomas Petazzoni 2013-02-14 03:50:18 +00:00 committed by Peter Korsgaard
parent a32a55d87e
commit e32c29a098
2 changed files with 7 additions and 2 deletions

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@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCURL
bool "libcurl"
depends on BR2_USE_MMU # Uses fork()
help
cURL is a tool for getting files from FTP, HTTP, Gopher, Telnet,
and Dict servers, using any of the supported protocols.

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@ -10,7 +10,13 @@ LIBCURL_SITE = http://curl.haxx.se/download
LIBCURL_LICENSE = ICS
LIBCURL_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
LIBCURL_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
LIBCURL_CONF_OPT = --disable-verbose --disable-manual --enable-hidden-symbols
# We disable NTLM support because it uses fork(), which doesn't work
# on non-MMU platforms. Moreover, this authentication method is
# probably almost never used. See
# http://curl.haxx.se/docs/manpage.html#--ntlm.
LIBCURL_CONF_OPT = --disable-verbose --disable-manual \
--enable-hidden-symbols --disable-ntlm-wb
LIBCURL_CONFIG_SCRIPTS = curl-config
ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)