[uClibc]I need informations about compilatiopn with uclibc (libraries ..)

[Vladimir N. Oleynik]

Thomas,

> i work with an ARM720T system with a linux embedded kernel, the uclibc
> is great and very small.
> It works very well, but not every programs compile correctly !!!
> 
> The mahor problem is wtmp/utmp (updwtmp), it's very often that i try
> compiling something and that i get for example:
> 
> Is wtmp/utmp supported by uclibc, if yes does this feature needs to be
> enabled ? and how can i tell to ld where is the definitions ?
> I've tried in givinbg the -lutil option and it changes nothing .
>
> Another question is how can i do to compile a soft that needs libnsl ?
> or another standard C library ?

uclibc library is more similar to the libc5 version.
updwtmp() function has appeared only since the glibc version.
You can compile mgetty using a code of function update_utmp()
from busybox getty.c



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