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Hi, could all uclibc users take a peek at: |
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https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=308477 |
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I have bumped the ebuild to 0.9.33 and also added some extremely hacky |
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patches to build iconv (and accidentally also locale) support. From my |
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limited understanding this almost works as expected and seems very |
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achievable to get to a fully working state. The iconv support is the |
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main thing I wanted. Locales seem to be included as part of the same |
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uclibc config switch, but don't add that much extra space - it would be |
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nice to have them independently selectable though |
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I need some help: |
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- Testing the iconv stuff and working on the patches so they can go upstream |
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- Fixing the ebuild to have an iconv flag to bring this stuff in a |
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selectable way |
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- Fixing the ebuild to allow selectable locales in some gentoo |
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acceptable way? |
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- Testing with hardened, ie gcc-4.5.3-r2 and the adjusted variable as |
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per bug (this brings SSP support to gcc on uclibc) |
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- Testing on as many other architectures than x86 as possible... |
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The goal is to get this into tree as a masked ebuild as soon as |
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possible. The rest of the tree is growing away from supporting uclibc |
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because its the easiest option. However, if we can get 0.9.33 in good |
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shape then we have a modern drop in libc replacement which supports |
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modern hardened compilers, nptl and more - it's then feasible to start |
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filing bugs to other packages to add small patches as appropriate. In |
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particular having even partially working iconv support in uclibc would |
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appear to reduce the number of packages with uclibc conditional compiles |
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by a large chunk... |
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Grateful for help getting this in shape |
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Thanks |
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Ed W |