[OE-core] is there any reason *not* to use musl C lib for current builds?

Burton, Ross ross.burton at intel.com
Sat Jul 16 14:30:27 UTC 2016


On 16 July 2016 at 11:41, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday at crashcourse.ca> wrote:

>   as the subject asks, are there any compelling reasons to not use
> musl as the C library of choice for OE/YP builds? just wondering about
> any potential downsides.
>

The musl web site lists the areas where it's missing features or has
different behaviour to glibc. Suffice to say it's not a no-brainer and
there are some features which are critical to some use cases.

Ross
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