[Buildroot] libintl static linking issues - yet another spin

Waldemar Brodkorb wbx at openadk.org
Mon Apr 3 12:30:44 UTC 2017


Hi,
Thomas Petazzoni wrote,

> Hello,
> 
> On Mon, 3 Apr 2017 13:25:11 +0200, Arnout Vandecappelle wrote:
> 
> >  Would the libintl from uClibc make it easier to do static linking, i.e. is it
> > in libc or in a separate libintl library?
> 
> It is in libc I believe, since uClibc now has everything in libc. So it
> does make things a *lot* easier for static linking.

Yes, it is included in libc when activated.
It was added to allow packages which use libintl to at least
be usable in a limited way (as stub.)

It might help in some cases, but surely not in all cases.

gruß
 Waldemar



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