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Re: any plans for an "official" newlib snapshot ?
Werner Almesberger wrote:
>
> J. Johnston wrote:
> > Yes there is. I would like to incorporate your linux work into the
> > base as well as the long double printf/scanf solution before creating the
> > next snapshot.
>
> Okay, the status of my Linux patch is that basic things work, but some
> things are missing, and other things are untested and may be buggy.
>
> For missing things, what are the general newlib goals with respect to
> ANSI C libc or POSIX 1003.1 complicance ? Is the short-term goal
> basically to have a "reasonable" subset or are there more specific
> goals ?
>
The general newlib goal is ANSI C compliance (not necessarily full-function) and a
reasonable set of POSIX / Unix extensions.
> Concerning untested things, I'd really have to start with a regression
> test to get good coverage here. Also, header files probably don't look
> too good when it comes to name space pollution. Generally, I currently
> fix problems as I hit them, but I don't search for them.
>
> My work is mainly driven by the requirements of an initrd environment.
> The next steps are:
> - make it work nicely with bootimg (a very Linux-specific function)
> - add networking (goal: be able to mount NFS file systems)
> - do whatever it takes to get programs using autoconf to build (within
> limits, of course)
>
> I think none of this is of immediate interest for newlib, so it might
> be best to merge the current Linux code as a baseline (that is, after
> fixing the FIXMEs), and flag it as "experimental", while I'll continue
> along the lines above.
>
> Does this sound okay ?
>
Yes, that was what I was thinking.
-- Jeff J.