Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 00:44:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Alex Zepeda <garbanzo@hooked.net> To: Per Lundberg <plundis@chaosdev.org> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: glibc Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9907190041390.1379-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9907190934290.11720-100000@abraham.chaosdev.org>
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On Mon, 19 Jul 1999, Per Lundberg wrote: > I need a libc 100% compatible with glibc to make porting (from Linux) > easier. And, as a side note, I think both FreeBSD and Linux would benefit > of having compatible libc:s. I seriously doubt this will make porting any easier. 99% of the porting issues you'll run into, are from a.) lack of sys/types.h being included, or order of headers being included. b.) dependencies on Linux-specific ioctls or syscalls, such as clone, which are not really libc related. c.) dependencies on bugs in glibc. > Perhaps porting BSD libc to Linux would be easier? I doubt it. The glibc has been designed with portability in mind (hell, it's purported to run on Irix), FreeBSD's with security and speed. - alex What I am is what I am, What you are is what you are - Edie Brickell (ain't she profound?) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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