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David Greenman wrote:
> 
> ...
> >THIS IS NOT MINIMAL!
> >I DID NOT WANT ALL THIS CRAP!
> >why oh why did I get malloc?
> 
>    Because atexit() uses it to remember exit callouts (see crt0.c).
so why isn't atexit in libc?
I certainly didn't call it..
of course I haven't checked.. it might well be there..

> 
> >vfprintf?
> >__CurrentRuneLocale ?
> >hell it doesn't even contain a STRING let alone a default nationality!
> 
>    I think this is all because malloc (or something in crt0.c) calls a stdio
> funtion like printf either directly or indirectly via a perror() or equivilent.
> Of course Runes comes in because of vfprintf, etc, etc.


so do we have a way of telling cc to link with a more sensible crt0?
surely we can do something..
howabout split crt0..
?


> 
> -DG
> 
> David Greenman
> Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project