From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 00:04:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Frankie Wild To: voidlinux@googlegroups.com Cc: master...@googlemail.com Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <87a8vy8xlz.fsf@gmail.com> References: <1cfda652-6fa2-4d44-ab36-3f17f3be26ef@googlegroups.com> <87a8vy8xlz.fsf@gmail.com> Subject: Re: glibc vs musl - what is the difference for daily usage ? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_Part_84_1041618693.1435129496545" ------=_Part_84_1041618693.1435129496545 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_85_2074030511.1435129496545" ------=_Part_85_2074030511.1435129496545 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thanks for the info Christian. On Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at 12:58:50 PM UTC+3, Christian Neukirchen=20 wrote: > > Stefan M=C3=BChlinghaus > writes:=20 > > > I would be interested in that as well. Is there any *tangible* benefit= =20 > in=20 > > using the musl libc except having the warm fuzzies from using the leane= r=20 > > technology? :)=20 > > I hesitate to switch to musl for fear of running into incompatibilities= ,=20 > > but that could just be my superstitious self.=20 > > Just a few additions:=20 > > - MIT license, so you could build a GPL-free userland with it.=20 > - Good support for static linking.=20 > - Huge focus on correctness (which means in practice that sloppily=20 > written software can break...).=20 > - Good UTF-8 support.=20 > - Support for new and experimental architectures.=20 > > Also see http://www.etalabs.net/compare_libcs.html=20 > > --=20 > Christian Neukirchen > =20 > http://chneukirchen.org=20 > ------=_Part_85_2074030511.1435129496545 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Thanks for the info Christian.

On Wednesday, June 1= 7, 2015 at 12:58:50 PM UTC+3, Christian Neukirchen wrote:
Stefan M=C3=BChlinghaus <mast...@googlemail.com> writes:

> I would be interested in that as well. Is there any *tangible* ben= efit in=20
> using the musl libc except having the warm fuzzies from using the = leaner=20
> technology? :)
> I hesitate to switch to musl for fear of running into incompatibil= ities,=20
> but that could just be my superstitious self.

Just a few additions:

- MIT license, so you could build a GPL-free userland with it.
- Good support for static linking.
- Huge focus on correctness (which means in practice that sloppily
  written software can break...).
- Good UTF-8 support.
- Support for new and experimental architectures.

Also see http://www.etalabs.net/compare_libcs.html

--=20
Christian Neukirchen  <chne...@gmail.com>  htt= p://chneukirchen.org
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