From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alan Cox Subject: Re: Official Linux system wrapper library? Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2018 21:24:50 +0000 Message-ID: <20181116212450.1a9c43ce@alans-desktop> References: <20181111081725.GA30248@1wt.eu> <3664a508-ca74-4ff0-39a6-34543194a24e@gmail.com> <20181111111143.GB4189@1wt.eu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: libc-alpha-owner@sourceware.org In-Reply-To: <20181111111143.GB4189@1wt.eu> To: Willy Tarreau Cc: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" , Daniel Colascione , linux-kernel , Joel Fernandes , Linux API , Vlastimil Babka , Florian Weimer , Carlos O'Donell , "libc-alpha@sourceware.org" List-Id: linux-api@vger.kernel.org > I think the issue is a bit more complex : > - linux doesn't support a single libc > - glibc doesn't support a single OS > > In practice we all know (believe?) that both statements above are > true but in practice 99% of the time there's a 1:1 relation between > these two components. The top linux C library is probably the Android one. Given the number of containers now running Alpine and the number of embedded devices it's probably a good fight going on for 2nd, 3rd and 4th. It is certainly not a Linux/Glibc world any more. Alan