> hi, i'm interested in porting some linux apps to freebsd to help me start
> learning c better. i think my first project is to port mnemonic to
> freebsd. i was wondering if there is a good resource that describes the
> differences between glibc2.1 and the libc that freebsd uses. i have a
> feeling i'm going to be searching through the sources to find similar
> functionality between them, but i thought i'd ask first.
glibc and the FreeBSD C library are basically meant to cover the same
things. Unfortunately, glibc suffers from the "kitchen sink" syndrome.
As a general rule, once you've ported to FreeBSD, the code should still
build on Linux, and you'll have a much more portable result.
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