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@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ musl is an alternative to glibc, eglibc, uClibc, dietlibc, and klibc.
For reasons why one might prefer musl, please see the FAQ and libc
comparison chart on the project website,
http://www.etalabs.net/musl/
http://www.musl-libc.org/
For installation instructions, see the INSTALL file.
@ -19,22 +19,23 @@ license status of code included in musl (standard MIT license).
Greetings!
With the 0.9.0 release, musl has reached a milestone in completeness
and compatibility. All interfaces in ISO C99 and POSIX 2008 base exist
in musl, along with a number of non-standardized interfaces based on
GNU and BSD libraries and syscall interfaces for Linux-kernel-specific
functions. Some interfaces lack obscure or rarely-used functionality
needed for strict conformance, but the vast majority of interfaces go
above and beyond the requirements for conformance, often promising
success where other implementations can fail under resource exhaustion
or other corner-case conditions.
The 0.9.x release series for musl features interface coverage for all
interfaces defined in ISO C99 and POSIX 2008 base, along with a number
of non-standardized interfaces for compatibility with Linux, BSD, and
glibc functionality. As the release series progresses, we are
gradually adding support for incomplete functionality in existing
interfaces, additional functions that are deemed to be important due
to their use in real-world software, and support for new library and
language features in C11 such as thread-local storage, which is now
supported on all targets. In addition, support for additional target
cpu architectures is being added.
At this point, hundreds of packages have been successfully built
against musl - either out-of-the-box or with minor patches to address
portability errors - ranging from low-level system utilities and
network daemons to major gui applications. Testing has been conducted
using three separate test frameworks and numerous additional
standalone test cases to verify the correctness of the implementation.
The number of packages build successfully against musl - either
out-of-the-box or with minor patches to address portability errors -
has exceeded 5000 and is steadily growing. In addition to application
compatibility testing, unit testing has been conducted using three
separate test frameworks and numerous additional standalone test cases
to verify the correctness of the implementation.
Included with this package is a gcc wrapper script (musl-gcc) which
allows you to build musl-linked programs using an existing gcc 3.x or