[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] package/mtd: build with -fPIC when shared libraries are enabled

[email protected] Sun, 2 Aug 2026 01:29:45 +0300
Newsgroups net.busybox.buildroot
Message-ID <[email protected]>
From: Konstantin Menyaev <[email protected]>

Historically, mtd-utils only provided static libraries, so they are
built without -fPIC.

This becomes an issue for configs with shared libraries,
where apps may need to link libmtd.a or libubi.a
into shared objects, resulting in relocation errors.

Build the MTD package with -fPIC when shared libraries are enabled,
while keeping static-only builds unchanged.

Signed-off-by: Konstantin Menyaev <[email protected]>
---
 package/mtd/mtd.mk | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/package/mtd/mtd.mk b/package/mtd/mtd.mk
index 2a625fccce..d67770d5ba 100644
--- a/package/mtd/mtd.mk
+++ b/package/mtd/mtd.mk
@@ -14,8 +14,13 @@ MTD_CPE_ID_PRODUCT = mtd-utils
 MTD_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 MTD_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
 
+MTD_CFLAGS = $(TARGET_CFLAGS)
 MTD_LDFLAGS = $(TARGET_LDFLAGS)
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_SHARED_LIBS)$(BR2_STATIC_SHARED_LIBS),y)
+MTD_CFLAGS += -fPIC
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBEXECINFO),y)
 MTD_DEPENDENCIES += libexecinfo
 MTD_LDFLAGS += -lexecinfo
@@ -35,7 +40,7 @@ else
 MTD_CONF_OPTS += --without-zlib
 endif
 
-MTD_CONF_ENV += LDFLAGS="$(MTD_LDFLAGS)"
+MTD_CONF_ENV += CFLAGS="$(MTD_CFLAGS)" LDFLAGS="$(MTD_LDFLAGS)"
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_MTD_JFFS_UTILS),y)
 MTD_CONF_OPTS += --with-jffs
-- 
2.55.0

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