[PATCH] build: replace which with Bash command built-in

Petr Štetiar ynezz at true.cz
Tue Dec 22 04:46:48 EST 2020


`which` utility is not shipped by default for example on recent Arch
Linux and then any steps relying on its presence fails, like for example
following Python3 prereq build check:

 $ python3 --version
 Python 3.9.1

 $ make
 /bin/sh: line 1: which: command not found
 /bin/sh: line 1: which: command not found
 /bin/sh: line 1: which: command not found
 ...
 Checking 'python3'... failed.
 ...

Fix this by switching to Bash builtin `command` which should provide
same functionality.

Fixes: FS#3525
Signed-off-by: Petr Štetiar <ynezz at true.cz>
---

Other option is to check for `which` util presence in prereq-build and adding
`which` to the list of required host build utils.

 Makefile          | 3 ++-
 include/cmake.mk  | 2 +-
 include/prereq.mk | 4 ++--
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 24f5955c9066..f4519e00d28d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ $(if $(findstring $(space),$(TOPDIR)),$(error ERROR: The path to the OpenWrt dir
 
 world:
 
-DISTRO_PKG_CONFIG:=$(shell which -a pkg-config | grep -E '\/usr' | head -n 1)
+WHICH:=command -pv
+DISTRO_PKG_CONFIG:=$(shell $(WHICH) pkg-config | grep -E '\/usr' | head -n 1)
 export PATH:=$(TOPDIR)/staging_dir/host/bin:$(PATH)
 
 ifneq ($(OPENWRT_BUILD),1)
diff --git a/include/cmake.mk b/include/cmake.mk
index 0a20530a16fe..ff00b5e779b5 100644
--- a/include/cmake.mk
+++ b/include/cmake.mk
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ MAKE_PATH = $(firstword $(CMAKE_BINARY_SUBDIR) .)
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_EXTERNAL_TOOLCHAIN),)
   cmake_tool=$(TOOLCHAIN_DIR)/bin/$(1)
 else
-  cmake_tool=$(shell which $(1))
+  cmake_tool=$(shell $(WHICH) $(1))
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_CCACHE),)
diff --git a/include/prereq.mk b/include/prereq.mk
index 83ac21242c65..a6ee2bb637f5 100644
--- a/include/prereq.mk
+++ b/include/prereq.mk
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ endef
 
 define RequireCommand
   define Require/$(1)
-    which $(1)
+    $(WHICH) $(1)
   endef
 
   $$(eval $$(call Require,$(1),$(2)))
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ define SetupHostCommand
 	           $(call QuoteHostCommand,$(11)) $(call QuoteHostCommand,$(12)); do \
 		if [ -n "$$$$$$$$cmd" ]; then \
 			bin="$$$$$$$$(PATH="$(subst $(space),:,$(filter-out $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/%,$(subst :,$(space),$(PATH))))" \
-				which "$$$$$$$${cmd%% *}")"; \
+				$(WHICH) "$$$$$$$${cmd%% *}")"; \
 			if [ -x "$$$$$$$$bin" ] && eval "$$$$$$$$cmd" >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then \
 				mkdir -p "$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin"; \
 				ln -sf "$$$$$$$$bin" "$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/$(strip $(1))"; \



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