I think p9p libc is a big wrapper around glib. There is no plan9 libc for unix (only some stuff that comes with go but It can not be used with an ansi c compiler).
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 9:34 AM, Jens Staal <staal1...@gmail.com> wrote: > On a related note. Has anyone tried to compile APE on p9p? Would the > APE libc compiled under p9p be possible to use as a POSIX libc on > linux? (I might try compiling APE under p9p tonight when I get home if > nobody has tried this yet) > > A second issue is: Does p9p libc get (L)GPL contaminated by the host > libc during compilation and would this potential contamination carry > over to the APE libc compiled with the p9p libc? If this is the case, > it would still be good/prudent to (at least initially, as a "primer") > compile p9p with a permissive libc (for example bionic). > > 2010/10/28 finkler <fink...@officinamentis.org>: >> On 10/28/10 01:16, Jacob Todd wrote: >>> If someone was going to create a "suckless" libc, they shouldn't support >>> posix. start with the plan 9 libraries instead of the obsd while you're at >>> it. >>> >> I understand that the idea is to compile other shit, not suckless >> software, or else we could just use the plan9 libc. >> Why is it no one (besides some niche projects and p9p) itself actually >> uses the p9p libc? >> >> >> > >
