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From: Fabian Groffen <grobian@g.o>
To: gentoo-alt@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-alt] [prefix] elibc on linux
Date: Fri, 04 May 2007 20:16:16
Message-Id: 20070504201604.GL885@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-alt] [prefix] keywordings for x86 linux by Michael Haubenwallner
1 On 18-04-2007 14:21:30 +0200, Michael Haubenwallner wrote:
2 > <discussion on ELIBC="linux">
3 >
4 > >
5 > > > IMO the easiest way is to say ELIBC="linux" - I've already
6 > > > empty-remerged system using this profile.
7 > > >
8 > > > Maybe virtual/libiconv could avoid a dependency on dev-libs/libiconv for
9 > > > elibc_linux, but that's just an optimization.
10 > >
11 > > Why avoid? If you don't want to know about the installed glibc, you
12 > > need libiconv if you do iconv stuff, right?
13 >
14 > I treat this as elibc_linux++.
15 >
16 > Some more questions to think of when deciding to use GNU libiconv on
17 > linux (if answer='yes' then I'd say elibc_linux++):
18 >
19 > Does uclibc lack (good) libiconv ?
20 > Are there other libc's possible for linux than glibc and uclibc ?
21 > Are there old glibc's around with bad libiconv implementations ?
22 >
23 > If we do not use elibc_linux, and uclibc lacks libiconv, then maybe we
24 > need to know of elibc_uclibc too in prefix...
25
26 I don't know much (if anything) about libcs. And I don't feel a direct
27 desire to learn about it now either. So unless someone feels like
28 experimenting here, I'm out of ideas.
29
30 >
31 > </discussion on ELIBC="linux">
32
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