Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 21:16:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Farid Hajji <farid.hajji@ob.kamp.net> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Moving FreeBSD towards glibc (or: FreeBSD and Hurd/Mach) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008252110320.58686-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008252104570.57052-100000@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Fri, 25 Aug 2000, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Aug 2000, Farid Hajji wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > [please Cc: to me, since I'm not subscribed to this list. Thanks]
> >
> > are there plans to replace FreeBSD's libc with GNU glibc in the near
> > or medium future?
>
> I think I can safely say:
>
> "No."
To be slightly less glib[c]:
Linking a FreeBSD system against glibc would cause every userland binary
on such a system to become "infected" by the GPL, resulting in obvious
chaos and pandemonium :-)
Kris
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