GNU cross-tools: musl-cross 313.3M

https://github.com/cross-tools/musl-cross

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1vuio0pswjnm7•5mo ago

GCC toolchain glibc-linked binaries with musl libraries and headers, including musl dynamic loader

Out of the glibc tarpit

yjftsjthsd-h•5mo ago

> glibc-linked binaries with musl libraries

Why have any glibc? GCC et al. work fine compiled against musl (as proven by ex. Alpine only doing musl). Or is it for running on GNU/Linux systems (can't you statically link the build chain?)?

bogantech•5mo ago

> Why have any glibc?

Maybe they want dns resolution to work properly

jprjr_•5mo ago

Does a compiler need to resolve DNS?

yjftsjthsd-h•5mo ago

Are you talking about the TCP fallback that musl has also had for 2 years? https://www.openwall.com/lists/musl/2023/05/02/1

In any event, that makes no sense. Pretend for a moment that glibc has working DNS and musl doesn't have working DNS (not true, but let's pretend). You don't build your compiler chain with working DNS support and then use it to build programs without working DNS.

LargoLasskhyfv•5mo ago

What's different from https://toolchains.bootlin.com/ ?

Or using Zig?

nineteen999•5mo ago

> including musl dynamic loader

Does this mean useful interfaces like PAM and nsswitch work on musl now?

stonogo•5mo ago

PAM has worked on musl for many years. musl-nscd has provided nsswitch functionality for about a decade now.

mdaniel•5mo ago

I think my headline parsing has forever been ruined since I thought for sure someone created a 313 million parameter cross compiling fine tune

After opening the linked page, I still don't have any idea what the number is in the headline, nor why it's important

userbinator•5mo ago

Three hundred and thirteen-point-three megabytes is how I parsed it, but I'm not sure of the significance of that either.

nine_k•5mo ago

The only part of the page source with the substring "313" present is some SVG path. Maybe the automatic headline extractor went too far.

jedisct1•5mo ago

These days, it just makes sense to use the Zig toolchain instead.

lioeters•5mo ago

I keep hearing about Zig and the ease of cross-compiling. I have a small C library that I'd like to build for supported platforms, and I'm considering Zig's build system for that purpose.

smartmic•5mo ago

Why "`GNU` cross-tools"? I see no affiliation with the GNU project, no GPL licence. That's misleading.

smartmic•5mo ago

Also, there is Dyne musl: https://dyne.org/musl/

M95D•5mo ago

I do "crossdev --target armv7a-unknown-linux-gnueabihf" instead, and portage will keep it updated until uninstalled.

1vuio0pswjnm7•5mo ago

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40282810

   (
   echo url=https://musl.cc 
   echo header=Accept: 
   echo header=User-Agent: 
   echo resolve=musl.cc:443:216.82.192.10
   )|curl -K/dev/stdin

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