[BusyBox] Synopsis / Consensus of recent threads

Vladimir N. Oleynik dzo at simtreas.ru
Sat Feb 10 17:56:02 UTC 2001


Manuel Novoa III wrote:
> 
> Vladimir,
> 
> On Sat, 10 Feb 2001, Vladimir N. Oleynik wrote:
> > Accompanying project "uclibc" in my opinion in general disgusting.
> 
> I think that's a little strong.  First, uClibc is not directly
> connected to busybox.  It is meant to provide a size-efficient
> implementation of libc. Certainly it has a lot of rough edges right
> now, but it is moving forward.
> 
> Also, I've seen you post an example using dietlibc.  In many ways
> uClibc is more mature in its functionality with comparable static
> executable sizes.  If there is an app where you see a big size
> difference, I'd like to know so that I can look into it.  
> Please note though that some of the functions which are
> smaller in dietlibc are broken... the strto[dl] functions come to
> mind.
> 
> Manuel


To all:
I have not ignored it, I have sent personally email to Manuel.  


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