Re: lib lists

[Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com>]

On Thu, 10 Jun 1999, Stuart Anderson wrote:

> libstdc++ probably should be in our list if we manage to get C++ defined
> at all. We have to visit name mangling rules and .init/.fini behavior though.
> It would be difficult to disallow C++ though.

That's going to be quite difficult, as it's going to force us to update the
LSB for each new C compiler. That doesn't sound like fun :-9

> libz seems like it should be in.
> libext2fs shows up a few times, but it doesn't seem like a general purpose
> library that we need to include.
> libnsl contains yp routines. Are that many programs actually using that API?
> libXmu should be added to the list of graphics libs.

I agree (and libnsl shouldbe left out).

> I wonder how many programs link in libraries that they don't actually need.

Lots :-) That suggests a script to check a binary for lsb library compliance?

Erik

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