Re: [PATCH v4] coreutils: Move stdbuf into an own package coreutils-stdbuf

[Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>]

On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 04:36:58PM -0400, Randy MacLeod wrote:
> On 10/28/19 6:13 PM, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > This LD_PRELOAD trick is not really suitable for busybox,
> > so can be the only part of coreutils needed.
> 
> Which LD_PRELOAD trick?
> 
> Ah, I think you mean:
> 
>    The coreutils implementation of stdbuf uses LD_PRELOAD [1]
>    to dynamically load libstdbuf which calls setvbuf().
>    This can't be implemented simply in busybox since it produces
>    one or two statically linked executables. Therefore, stdbuf
>    should be packaged separately.
> 
> [1]  ?? http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git;a=blob;f=src/stdbuf.c;h=7eaadb45fef8c01783eeb5c27853fafbcef34f1c;hb=HEAD#l188
> 
> Could you send a v5 for plebs like me?

Done.

> ../Randy

cu
Adrian

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