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Re: Yaaarrgghh - help me, please!
- From: Michael Still <mikal at stillhq dot com>
- To: Robert Spanton <rob at xgoat dot com>
- Cc: <gcc-help at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 06:35:15 +1000
- Subject: Re: Yaaarrgghh - help me, please!
On Sun, 12 May 2002, Robert Spanton wrote:
> I'm trying to port the C++ libraries to my own os, yet there appears to be
> one barrier. This appears to be the file called "libc.a". I have looked
> around for a while to try and find out what this file actually contains and
> how g++ uses it.
libc.a is the statically linkable version of your c library. This library
implements all the standard things you get for free with c and c++ -- for
instance printf, fopen, et cetera.
> Does anyone out there know (of a list - as there are probably loads) what
> functions I need to put into my own libc.a file?
Implementing this is a _big_ job. Have a hunt on the gnu.org website for
the glibc manual -- last time I checked it was something like 600 pages.
Cheers,
Mikal
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