yes, see the CAVEATS file in the bionic/libc directory. Essentially: - no support for C++ exceptions - no real support for wchar_t and locales - no support for pthread cancellation (but you still have pthread_cleanup_push/pop though)
the above are not included for real specific reasons, and this is unlikely to change. but we're open to add other missing features. They're not there because we didn't need them yet and didn't have a good reason to throw what would be essentially "dead code" in the mix. On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 3:02 PM, JayBird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks David and Brian for the clarification. I'm still in the > learning phase. Are there any other limitations with Bionic that I > should be aware of? > > > --- Jaybird > > > On Nov 14, 5:27 am, Brian Swetland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > To expand on David's remarks a bit, bionic exists for two reasons: > > > > - To provide a small embedded libc > > > > - To meet the license goals of the core android platform, which are: > > - GPL for the Linux kernel and drivers > > - Apache2/BSD/MIT whenever possible for userspace > > > > One of my hopes is that over time we can reduce the footprint of the > > core platform (by a combination of putting various modules on a diet > > and also making the core build more configurable so unneeded components > > may be more easily omitted). > > > > Brian > > > > [David Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > > > > > There is absolutely zero chance that GLibc becomes part of the Android > > > open-source platform for licensing reasons. > > > (same for uCLibc, KLibc, DietLibc and EGlibc by the way) > > > > > That doesn't mean that we are totally opposed to people providing > patches > > > that would allow to use the Android > > > sources with GLibc, but we are not going to support this effort (which > means > > > that if some of our changes break > > > a GLibc system, that will be *your* problem, patches welcome). > > > > > Also, we make absolutely no guarantee about the correct behaviour of a > > > GLibc-based Android system, > > > *especially* with regards to security. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
