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On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 12:54 PM, Michael Hope <michael.hope@linaro.org> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 9:16 AM, Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 9:38 AM, Yann E. MORIN >> <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr> wrote: >>> Zhenqiang, All, >>> >>> On Tuesday 22 November 2011 13:04:12 Zhenqiang Chen wrote: >>>> # HG changeset patch >>>> # User Zhenqiang Chen <zhenqiang.chen@linaro.org> >>>> # Date 1321943491 -28800 >>>> # Node ID a7e34002ac6dcab9dded1c0b04391637b23e2e82 >>>> # Parent Âa6c68712024f406df7d2da4af377f51982615833 >>>> complibs/zlib: Add zlib support to remove the dependence on system zlib >>>> for binutils and gdb. >>> >>> Why don't you want to use the system zlib? What's the use-case? zlib has >>> a history of many security holes, and using static means you won't get >>> bug-fixes. >> >> I guess if you are building on systems which has either no zlib or >> different version of zlib >> but I am looking for better use case from Zhenqiang here > > Hi all. ÂOur goal is to have a generic Linux binary build of the > Linaro toolchain but, on reflection, I wonder if we're doing it the > wrong way. > > The requirement is to have the same binary build work on RHEL 5, > long-term supported releases like Ubuntu LTS, and the latest release > of the most popular distros such as Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, and > openSUSE. ÂThe plain is to statically link everything except libc and > libm which is why Zhenquiang proposed this patch. > > I'm wondering if we should target the LSB[1] instead. ÂThe build tools > are a bit clunky but we gain standardised versions of libc, libm, > libz, libncurses, and others. yes LSB would be way to go if its for linux hosts. > > I've prototyped it up and the build works OK. ÂThoughts? ÂHas anyone > worked with the LSB before? > > -- Michael > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Standard_Base > -- For unsubscribe information see http://sourceware.org/lists.html#faq
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