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From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>
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Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 17:57:09 -0500
To: "Brimhall, GeoffreyX L" <geoffreyx DOT l DOT brimhall AT intel DOT com>,
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Subject: Re: newlib and glibc compatibility
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In-Reply-To: <7FD5C79AD680D211AC4100A0C96B501C78F638@ORSMSX49>; from Brimhall, GeoffreyX L on Fri, Feb 12, 1999 at 01:52:53PM -0800

On Fri, Feb 12, 1999 at 01:52:53PM -0800, Brimhall, GeoffreyX L wrote:
>How close are newlib and glibc ? Is there any chance that at some point
>newlib will implement glibc and so be able to use it's headers ?
>
>This would help porting linux code based on glibc.

There is not much chance that Cygnus will do anything like this.

As usual, however, we will accept updates or improvements if anyone
wants to take this on as a project.

-chris