[parisc-linux] glibc possible alternative: newlib, dietlibc, uClibc?

Jes Sorensen jes at sgi.com
Thu Feb 9 02:26:08 MST 2006


>>>>> "Joel" == Joel Soete <soete.joel at tiscali.be> writes:

Joel> Hi pa*, For util-vserver tools on p-l, I am looking for a glibc
Joel> alternative.

Joel> To build those tools they recommended dietlibc. I seems to be
Joel> well build but seems broken (many builtin test failled and the
Joel> execution of util-vserver failed too).

Joel> I am so looking for another alternative and found newlib and
Joel> uClibc.

[snip]

Joel> Any idea, advise?

Porting any of those libraries will probably be a good amount of
work. Why don't you just compile a stripped down glibc and use that?
You can disable NLS and thread support etc. at build time.

Cheers,
Jes



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