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Make library more friendly towards micro controllers

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Description

Building in Buildroot for armv7m fails with:

>>> libite 2.6.2 Building
GIT_DIR=. PATH="/home/jocke/br-test-pkg/bootlin-armv7m-uclibc/host/bin:/home/jocke/br-test-pkg/bootlin-armv7m-uclibc/host/sbin:/home/jocke/go/bin:/home/jocke/gems/bin:/home/jocke/.local/bin:/home/jocke/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin:/home/jocke/.local/bin"  /usr/bin/make -j17  -C /home/jocke/br-test-pkg/bootlin-armv7m-uclibc/build/libite-2.6.2/
/usr/bin/make  all-recursive
Making all in src
  CC       libite_la-chomp.lo
  CC       libite_la-copyfile.lo
  CC       libite_la-conio.lo
  CC       libite_la-dir.lo
  CC       libite_la-erasef.lo
  CC       libite_la-fopenf.lo
  CC       libite_la-fremove.lo
  CC       libite_la-fexist.lo
  CC       libite_la-fisdir.lo
  CC       libite_la-fparseln.lo
  CC       libite_la-fsendfile.lo
  CC       libite_la-ifconfig.lo
  CC       libite_la-lfile.lo
  CC       libite_la-makepath.lo
  CC       libite_la-procval.lo
  CC       libite_la-progress.lo
  CC       libite_la-pidfile.lo
  CC       libite_la-pidfilefn.lo
  CC       libite_la-popenf.lo
  CC       libite_la-reallocarray.lo
  CC       libite_la-rsync.lo
  CC       libite_la-runbg.lo
  CC       libite_la-strlcpy.lo
  CC       libite_la-strlcat.lo
  CC       libite_la-strtonum.lo
  CC       libite_la-strmatch.lo
  CC       libite_la-systemf.lo
  CC       libite_la-strtrim.lo
  CC       libite_la-telnet.lo
  CC       libite_la-tempfile.lo
  CC       libite_la-truncatef.lo
  CC       libite_la-touchf.lo
  CC       libite_la-yorn.lo
runbg.c: In function 'runbg':
runbg.c:48:19: error: implicit declaration of function 'fork' [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
   48 |         int pid = fork();
      |                   ^~~~

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the Buildroot armv7m build and inspect runbg.c at the fork() call shown in the compiler error. Check how the library's build configuration handles platforms without fork; done means the microcontroller target builds successfully without breaking supported targets.

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Assessment

Tech stack
c
Domain
build-system, embedded-iot
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
48/100

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