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Dear all, |
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I'd like to invite you to test out Prefix with libc (Prefix/libc as |
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GNU/Linux) on *Linux* boxes. A guide can be found at |
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http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Prefix/libc |
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It will not be the best solution to have Prefix with libc, we are |
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working on a better alternative based on gcc specs hack. Considering the |
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present solution just works out of box and it is trivial to migrate, I |
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hereby announce this project to the Prefix community to look for |
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interested testers and developers. |
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The intermediate benefit of Prefix with libc is to get rid of problems |
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caused by old glibc of the host[1,2,3], and load run time library that |
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are not in EPREFIX{/usr,}/lib by using a dynamic linker of Prefix |
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itself[4]. |
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Right now, only glibc on Linux is supported, while glibc on Hurd, uclibc |
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on Linux, Prefix/FreeBSD-libc, Prefix/Solaris-libc, ... are all waiting |
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to be exploited. |
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My special appreciation goes to Ruus (redlizard) Koolen, who made the |
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original implementation[5,6] and has been always giving cool ideas and |
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codes in fruitful discussions. This is also part of my Google Summer of |
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Code project[7], which aims to use Prefix/libc on armhf Android mobile |
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devices for a complete GNU, mentored by Luca (lu_zero) Barbato in the Cc |
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field. |
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Enjoy the new magic of Prefix! |
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Benda |
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1. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.alt/6459 |
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2. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.alt/6110 |
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3. https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=289757 |
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4. https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=351910 |
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5. http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.alt/6543 |
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6. https://github.com/redlizard/gentoo-prefix-libc |
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7. http://www.awa.tohoku.ac.jp/~benda/projects/android.html |
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