[Bug 506720] Review Request: uClibc - C library for embedded Linux

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--- Comment #7 from Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk at redhat.com>  2009-06-22 10:31:01 EDT ---
Re static linking:

busybox is a rescue package thing. It is useful when dynamic libraries are
busted (think rm -rf /lib).

Also, busybox is used when it's critical to minimize the size. glibc really is
not caring about code size anymore.

I don't know where exactly busybox is used in Fedora, but in above two cases
people usually use statically linked busybox.


Re static linking to another C library: uclibc can be configured and built as a
dynamic library. What is the Fedora policy on this? Are alternative libc's
allowed?

BTW, in effect we already have two libc's on x86_64: 32-bit and 64-bit glibc
have different ABIs and live in different directories.

Adding more libc's boils down to selecting a directory for them (I don't know,
/lib-i[456]86-uclibc?)

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