Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 16:23:03 +0100
From: Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org>
To: Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org>
Cc: nenolod@alpinelinux.org, alpine-devel@lists.alpinelinux.org
Subject: Re: [alpine-devel] pulling in librt as needed
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On Mon, 5 Dec 2011 13:34:20 +0100
Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Nenolod, I wonder exactly what problem was this commit intended to
> fix:
> 
> http://git.alpinelinux.org/cgit/aports/commit/?id=3e90d206c5c7ddacb00d9947cb7d495a2e999bcc
> 
> It appears to make libstdc++ link to librt - which i think it should
> not and which seems to trigger a linker bug:
> http://bugs.alpinelinux.org/issues/854
> 
> So, I wonder exactly why we pull in librt as needed. The commit
> message only says "because glibc does"

I found it. It was to "improve portability with broken applications
which expect that linking directly against libc will bring in mq_*()
functions."

http://www.mail-archive.com/uclibc@uclibc.org/msg07414.html

I tend to agree with Mike there. It's better to fix the broken apps.
Even man mq_open(3) says: "Link with -lrt"

I am reverting it.

-nc


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