Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 10:38:55 -0700 From: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@winston.osd.bsdi.com> To: farid.hajji@ob.kamp.net Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Moving FreeBSD towards glibc (or: FreeBSD and Hurd/Mach) Message-ID: <44497.967311535@winston.osd.bsdi.com> In-Reply-To: Message from Farid Hajji <farid.hajji@ob.kamp.net> of "Sat, 26 Aug 2000 06:02:15 %2B0200." <200008260402.e7Q42FV29123@mail-ob.kamp.net>
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> are there plans to replace FreeBSD's libc with GNU glibc in the near > or medium future? Linux moved also from it's own libc5 to glibc (=libc6) > some time ago and it may be useful to do the same in FreeBSD too. Nope. The license for glibc is not one we'd want to use for such a core component (which is less optional than, say, grep) nor does our libc lack for the kinds of features which would make switching necessary. Those wishing to play with the HURD under FreeBSD can simply add glibc to the list of components they need to bring over; they needs of the few do not outweigh the needs of the many in this case. :) - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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