Commit 706683b8 authored by Thomas Petazzoni's avatar Thomas Petazzoni
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documentation: add FAQ entry about glibc-static issue on Fedora 



Signed-off-by: default avatarThomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
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    <ul>

      <li><a href="#faq-boot-hangs">The boot hangs

      after <code>Starting network...</code></a></li>

      <li><a href="#module-init-tools-doesnt-build">module-init-tools

      fails to build with <code>cannot find -lc</code></a></li>

    </ul>



    <h3 id="faq-boot-hangs">The boot hangs after <code>Starting
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    the <code>/etc/inittab</code> file of the generated system so that

    a shell starts on the correct serial port.</p>



    <h3 id="module-init-tools-doesnt-build">module-init-tools

      fails to build with <code>cannot find -lc</code></h3>



    <p>If the build of <i>module-init-tools</i> for the host fails

    with:</p>



    <pre>/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lc </pre>



    <p>then probably you are running a Fedora (or similar)

    distribution, and you should install the <code>glibc-static</code>

    package. This is because the <i>module-init-tools</i> build

    process wants to link statically against the C library.</p>



    <h2 id="links">Resources</h2>



    <p>To learn more about Buildroot you can visit these websites:</p>