Re: Not everyone is linking shared libraries to libc
>>>>> "Sam" == Sam Hartman <hartmans@mit.edu> writes:
Sam> I certainly don't see how the text of policy section 9.2.2
Sam> mandates linking against libc. The footnote comes closer,
Sam> but even that seems to imply that all I need to do is make
Sam> sure that some library in my package links against libc so
Sam> that the dependencies come out right. Note that the footnote
Sam> does not have the force of policy.
If I have a shared library with one function, for instance:
int return_answer() {
return(42);
}
which doesn't use any libc functions, does it still have to link
against libc?
--
Brian May <bam@debian.org>
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