[Buildroot] Can buildroot use existing host fakeroot?

[Grant Edwards]

On 2022-03-16, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards at gmail.com> wrote:

> I maintain some firmware that uses buildroot 2016.11.2 (with some
> local package upgrades). Unfortunately, it seems I can no longer do
> builds because host-fakeroot won't compile (it's too old for my
> kernel/libc version of stat?).

I've updated fakeroot, acl, and attr packages so that I can build
again, but I'm still curious about whether you can tell buildroot
to use pre-existing versions of host-side tools like fakeroot.

--
Grant