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Re: GNU libio vs. GNU stdio.
- To: jbailey@nisa.net (Jeff Bailey)
- Subject: Re: GNU libio vs. GNU stdio.
- From: hjl@lucon.org (H.J. Lu)
- Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 08:46:22 -0800 (PST)
- Cc: libc-alpha@cygnus.com
>
> I can't find anything useful in the manuals for explaining why I would
> use GNU libio instead of GNU stdio.
The only reason I know that GNU stdio is still in glibc is Hurd doesn't
support libio. Otherwise it would have been removed from glibc long
time ago. BTW, how hard to fix Hurd for libio? As far as I know, stdio
may have more bugs than libio. I don't see why we should keep it in
glibc.
>
> So far my observation is that GNU libio:
>
> a) Is used under GNU/Linux [ia32]
> b) Compiles *alot* further under Solaris.
>
> Should I then be submitting a patch to configure.in to default to libio
> in sparc-sun-solaris2.6?
Ulrich, maybe we should patch configure.in such that only Hurd uses
stdio and everyone else uses libio.
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H.J. Lu (hjl@gnu.org)