Mirror of musl libc

Rich Felker 7cbb6f70c8 fix system breakage window during make install due to permissions 10 years ago
arch 50a50988d5 remove more unnecessary operand-size suffixes from x86_64 atomic.h 10 years ago
crt badaa04acc add function types to arm crt assembly 10 years ago
dist e4d35ea9cf add another example option to dist/config.mak 12 years ago
include 513136efa4 fix namespace violation in sys/shm.h 10 years ago
lib 4fd159568a new solution for empty lib dir (old one had some problems) 13 years ago
src 8e776e3ed4 fix inadvertent use of struct in place of union for semun 10 years ago
tools 7cbb6f70c8 fix system breakage window during make install due to permissions 10 years ago
.gitignore 58f430c1e0 new gcc wrapper, entirely specfile based 12 years ago
COPYRIGHT cccc1844be add arm-optimized memcpy implementation from bionic libc 10 years ago
INSTALL 9f5053758f fix typos in INSTALL file 10 years ago
Makefile ae71a43b02 remove dependency of version.h on .git/* to avoid errors 10 years ago
README 3ffb556c58 update documentation 11 years ago
VERSION b589fb4e29 release 0.9.15 10 years ago
WHATSNEW b589fb4e29 release 0.9.15 10 years ago
configure f7bc29ed22 remove -Wcast-align from --enable-warnings 10 years ago

README


musl libc - a new standard library to power a new generation of
Linux-based devices. musl is lightweight, fast, simple, free, and
strives to be correct in the sense of standards-conformance and
safety.

musl is an alternative to glibc, eglibc, uClibc, dietlibc, and klibc.
For reasons why one might prefer musl, please see the FAQ and libc
comparison chart on the project website,

http://www.musl-libc.org/

For installation instructions, see the INSTALL file.

Please refer to the COPYRIGHT file for details on the copyright and
license status of code included in musl (standard MIT license).



Greetings!

The 0.9.x release series for musl features interface coverage for all
interfaces defined in ISO C99 and POSIX 2008 base, along with a number
of non-standardized interfaces for compatibility with Linux, BSD, and
glibc functionality. As the release series progresses, we are
gradually adding support for incomplete functionality in existing
interfaces, additional functions that are deemed to be important due
to their use in real-world software, and support for new library and
language features in C11 such as thread-local storage, which is now
supported on all targets. In addition, support for additional target
cpu architectures is being added.

The number of packages build successfully against musl - either
out-of-the-box or with minor patches to address portability errors -
has exceeded 5000 and is steadily growing. In addition to application
compatibility testing, unit testing has been conducted using three
separate test frameworks and numerous additional standalone test cases
to verify the correctness of the implementation.

Included with this package is a gcc wrapper script (musl-gcc) which
allows you to build musl-linked programs using an existing gcc 3.x or
4.x toolchain on the host. There are also now at several mini
distributions (in the form of build scripts) which provide a
self-hosting musl-based toolchain and system root. These are much
better options than the wrapper script if you wish to use dynamic
linking or build packages with many library dependencies. See the musl
website for details.

The musl project is actively seeking contributors, mostly in the areas
of porting, testing, and application compatibility improvement. For
bug reports, support requests, or to get involved in development,
please visit #musl on Freenode IRC or subscribe to the musl mailing
list by sending a blank email to musl-subscribe AT lists DOT openwall
DOT com.

Thank you for using musl.

Cheers,

Rich Felker / dalias