glibc is replaceable by uClibc. uClibc lacks some important things glibc
has got (most notably the binary compatibility commitment), but is still
perfectly *usable* (well, it supports most of POSIX by now, at least the
parts people actually use).
Posted Apr 7, 2008 15:39 UTC (Mon) by coriordan (guest, #7544)
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That, as Mr. Clinton will agree, depends on what the meaning of the word "is" is.
I mean, sure, it *is* possible in a post to an LWN story.
But where're the uClibc based distros? And I don't mean toy projects, unused experiments.
/coriordan smokes a cigar
It's more than GCC
Posted Apr 7, 2008 18:05 UTC (Mon) by nix (subscriber, #2304)
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Well, I know my systems wouldn't boot without it (it's damn useful as a
libc in an initramfs: klibc is too small to handle a lot of stuff you
might reasonably put in there, but uClibc happens just fine).