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Re: Abusing sys-include

From: "Shaun Jackman" <sjackman at gmail dot com>
To: "Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
Cc: newlib at sources dot redhat dot com
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 14:11:51 -0700
Subject: Re: Abusing sys-include
References: <7f45d9390603171257m73627806sf96c531cbfd286a0@mail.gmail.com> <00cf01c64a06$592f5050$a501a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM>
Reply-to: "Shaun Jackman" <sjackman at gmail dot com>

On 3/17/06, Dave Korn <dave.korn@artimi.com> wrote:
> On 17 March 2006 20:58, Shaun Jackman wrote:
> > To provide the glibc headers that newlib requires to build
> > i386-linux-newlib,
>
>   Are you seriously saying that, in order to build the newlib C library, you
> need to link against the glibc C library?  I think there's possibly something
> a bit wrong there, innit?

newlib does not need to link against the glibc library, but it does
require headers files from glibc to build the i386-linux-newlib
target. And yes, it is a bit wrong, but that's the way it's done.

Cheers,
Shaun

References:
- Abusing sys-include
  - From: Shaun Jackman
- RE: Abusing sys-include
  - From: Dave Korn

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