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Re: [PATCH] config.mak.uname: define NEEDS_LIBRT under Linux, for now

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brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Date
Jul 11, 2016, 10:36 UTC
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<20160711103653.GA29598@vauxhall.crustytoothpaste.net>
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<20160710221644.GA4927@whir>
On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 10:16:44PM +0000, Eric Wong wrote:
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> My Debian wheezy LTS system is still on glibc 2.13; and LTS
> distros may use older glibc, still, so lets not unnecessarily
> break things out-of-the-box.
> 
> We seem to assume Linux is using glibc in our Makefiles anyways,
> so I don't think this will introduce new breakage for users of
> alternative libc implementations.

This is a good idea. If it's broken with Debian wheezy, it will also be broken for RHEL/CentOS 6. People who really want the slimmest linkage can use the -Wl,--as-needed flag.

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Message 4 of 5 in “Makefile: add NEEDS_LIBRT to optionally link with librt”
  1. Makefile: add NEEDS_LIBRT to optionally link with librtRonald Wampler, Jul 7, 2016
  2. Junio C HamanoJul 7, 2016
  3. config.mak.uname: define NEEDS_LIBRT under Linux, for nowEric Wong, Jul 10, 2016
  4. brian m. carlsonJul 11, 2016
  5. Junio C HamanoJul 11, 2016

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