On Wednesday, September 22, 2021 1:01:58 PM EDT Paul Cercueil wrote: > >> IPX is marked obsolete for serveral years. so remove it and the > >> dependency in linux tree. > >> I'm sorry to not thinking about linux-audit and strace. > >> Might you remove the dependency or make the part of the code. > >> Many thanks. > > > > Unfortunately, that is not how UAPI works. That change breaks > > building > > of the existing code; one cannot change already released versions > > of either audit, strace, or any other userspace program that happens > > to unconditionally include <linux/ipx.h> without any fallback (like > > <netipx/ipx.h> provided by glibc). > > Also, the <netipx/ipx.h> fallback is only provided by glibc (and maybe > uclibc?). With this patch, it is now impossible to compile even the > very latest version of "strace" with a musl toolchain. I've made support for ipx optional in audit user space a couple weeks back. It's no longer a problem for us. -Steve
