Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH v2 1/2] package/fakeroot: bump to version 2.1.4

Hi Fiona,

On 12/07/2026 17:17, Fiona Klute via buildroot wrote:
> The source archive does not contain a pre-build configure script any
> more, so enable autoreconf. Fakeroot also contains an experimental
> Meson build definition since 2.1, but Buildroot should keep using
> autotools until the Meson build is stable.
> 
> Since v6.10.1 btrfs-progs uses nftw() [1], which package/fakeroot did
> not support before v2.0 [2]. This update allows updating btrfs-progs
> past v6.10 without breaking build of btrfs rootfs images.
> 
> Upstream changes:
> https://salsa.debian.org/clint/fakeroot/-/compare/upstream%2F1.37.2...upstream%2F2.1.4
> 
> [1] 
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kdave/btrfs-progs.git/commit?id=c6464d3f99ed1dabceff1168eabb207492c37624
> [2] 
> https://salsa.debian.org/clint/fakeroot/-/commit/3502c515c73ee02e7f557e6a3bfc1af675dd3d34
> 
> Signed-off-by: Fiona Klute <[email protected]>
> ---
> Changes v1 -> v2:
> * commit message: explicitly state why Buildroot should keep using
>   autotools for now
> * add comment explaining why autoreconf is needed
> 
>  package/fakeroot/fakeroot.hash | 6 +++---
>  package/fakeroot/fakeroot.mk   | 9 ++++++---
>  2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/package/fakeroot/fakeroot.hash 
> b/package/fakeroot/fakeroot.hash
> index 82a6214380..0c330b7792 100644
> --- a/package/fakeroot/fakeroot.hash
> +++ b/package/fakeroot/fakeroot.hash
> @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
> -# From 
> https://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/f/fakeroot/fakeroot_1.37.2-1.dsc
> -sha1  1a721c2b4093a4e83dc091dc41a028f19340c1b3  
> fakeroot_1.37.2.orig.tar.gz
> -sha256  
> 0eea60fbe89771b88fcf415c8f2f0a6ccfe9edebbcf3ba5dc0212718d98884db  
> fakeroot_1.37.2.orig.tar.gz
> +# From 
> https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20260711T202405Z/pool/main/f/fakeroot/fakeroot_2.1.4-1.dsc
> +sha1  9d55e62a34612316058166f7c528d9fc2f30c719  
> fakeroot_2.1.4.orig.tar.xz
> +sha256  
> 0822bd5a9f0cf19d2ba0546b88b0432d4d3d9917db62c57b74044ccadba06e49  
> fakeroot_2.1.4.orig.tar.xz
>  # License files, locally calculated
>  sha256  
> fc82ca8b6fdb18d4e3e85cfd8ab58d1bcd3f1b29abe782895abd91d64763f8e7  
> COPYING
> diff --git a/package/fakeroot/fakeroot.mk 
> b/package/fakeroot/fakeroot.mk
> index 12d7f1c4a1..8354f994ee 100644
> --- a/package/fakeroot/fakeroot.mk
> +++ b/package/fakeroot/fakeroot.mk
> @@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
>  #
>  
> ################################################################################
> 
> -FAKEROOT_VERSION = 1.37.2
> -FAKEROOT_SOURCE = fakeroot_$(FAKEROOT_VERSION).orig.tar.gz
> -FAKEROOT_SITE = 
> https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20260401T000000Z/pool/main/f/fakeroot
> +FAKEROOT_VERSION = 2.1.4

While testing this new fakeroot version, I found an issue on hosts
with SELinux enabled.

For info, it is working well in the Buildroot Docker image,
in the Gitlab infra:
https://gitlab.com/jolivain/buildroot/-/jobs/15663849325

When running on my Fedora 44 host (with selinux enabled),
mkfs.btrfs is failing with this error:

ERROR: zoned: unable to stat 
/buildroot/output_folder/TestBtrfs/images/rootfs.btrfs
ERROR: getting a xattr value failed for 
/buildroot/output_folder/TestBtrfs/build/buildroot-fs/btrfs/target attr 
security.selinux: No data available
ERROR: failed to add xattr item for the top level inode: Operation not 
permitted
ERROR: unable to traverse directory 
/buildroot/output_folder/TestBtrfs/build/buildroot-fs/btrfs/target: -1
ERROR: error while filling filesystem: Operation not permitted

I was able to workaround the issue with the following patch I proposed 
in:
https://salsa.debian.org/clint/fakeroot/-/merge_requests/38

Could you check on your side this fakeroot patch is working for you?

If it does, could you send a v3 including my patch?

There is also a new btrfs-progs v7.1:
https://github.com/kdave/btrfs-progs/releases/tag/v7.1
So while at it, maybe you could update to it to.

> +FAKEROOT_SOURCE = fakeroot_$(FAKEROOT_VERSION).orig.tar.xz
> +FAKEROOT_SITE = 
> https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20260711T202405Z/pool/main/f/fakeroot
> 
>  HOST_FAKEROOT_DEPENDENCIES = host-acl
>  # Force capabilities detection off
> @@ -18,4 +18,7 @@ HOST_FAKEROOT_CONF_ENV = \
>  FAKEROOT_LICENSE = GPL-3.0+
>  FAKEROOT_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
> 
> +# source archive does not contain pre-generated configure script
> +FAKEROOT_AUTORECONF = YES
> +
>  $(eval $(host-autotools-package))
> --
> 2.53.0

Best regards,

Julien.
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