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Subject: Re: [patch] glibc: correct paths in FILES
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Phil Blundell wrote:
> It turns out that glibc-package contains a bunch of hard-coded
> references to /lib.  This patch replaces them with the appropriate
> ${base_libdir}.  Also, the globs in ${libc_baselibs} were a bit too
> permissive and would accept, for example, "libc.a" which isn't something
> that we want in the main library package.

Build and board tested with glibc 2.6.1. Getting rid of the .a files 
saved 3.9 MB out of my root image on x86.

I guess eglibc would need the same, but I haven't tried it.

Acked-By: Michael Smith <msmith@cbnco.com>

Mike