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@@ -12,30 +12,37 @@ comparison chart on the project website,
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For installation instructions, see the INSTALL file.
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-Please refer to the COPYRIGHT file for details on the copyright status
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-of code included in musl, and the COPYING file for the license (LGPL)
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-under which the library as a whole is distributed.
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+Please refer to the COPYRIGHT file for details on the copyright and
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+license status of code included in musl (standard MIT license).
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Greetings!
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-As of the 0.8.0 release, musl is in _beta_ status. While some
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-interfaces remain incomplete or yet to be implemented, the ABI is
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-intended to be stable at this point, and serious efforts have been
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-made, using three separate test frameworks, to verify the correctness
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-of the implementation. Many major system-level and user-level programs
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-are known to work with musl, either out-of-the-box or with minor
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-patches to address portability errors.
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+With the 0.9.0 release, musl has reached a milestone in completeness
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+and compatibility. All interfaces in ISO C99 and POSIX 2008 base exist
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+in musl, along with a number of non-standardized interfaces based on
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+GNU and BSD libraries and syscall interfaces for Linux-kernel-specific
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+functions. Some interfaces lack obscure or rarely-used functionality
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+needed for strict conformance, but the vast majority of interfaces go
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+above and beyond the requirements for conformance, often promising
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+success where other implementations can fail under resource exhaustion
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+or other corner-case conditions.
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+At this point, hundreds of packages have been successfully built
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+against musl, either out-of-the-box or with minor patches to address
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+portability errors. Testing has been conducted using three separate
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+test frameworks and numerous additional standalone test cases to
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+verify the correctness of the implementation.
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Included with this package is a gcc wrapper script (musl-gcc) which
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-allows you to build musl-linked programs using an existing gcc 4.x
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-toolchain on the host. There are also now at least two mini
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+allows you to build musl-linked programs using an existing gcc 3.x or
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+4.x toolchain on the host. There are also now at several mini
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distributions (in the form of build scripts) which provide a
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-self-hosting musl-based toolchain and system root: Sabotage Linux and
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-Bootstrap Linux. These are much better options than the wrapper script
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-if you wish to use dynamic linking or build packages with many library
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-dependencies.
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+self-hosting musl-based toolchain and system root. These are much
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+better options than the wrapper script if you wish to use dynamic
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+linking or build packages with many library dependencies. See the musl
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+website for details.
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The musl project is actively seeking contributors, mostly in the areas
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of porting, testing, and application compatibility improvement. For
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Rich Felker