Re: [gentoo-server] other *libc

[Eduardo Tongson <propolice@gmail.com>]

> Hi!
>
> Is it has sense to switch from glibc to dietlibc or uClibc or maybe other?
>
> How this can be done in Gentoo?
>
> Is it possible to have system without glibc at all or I must have glibc
> together with dietlibc (for example) and have some software compiled
> with glibc and some with dietlibc?
>
You can try out the uclibc embedded stages here
<http://gentoo.osuosl.org/experimental/x86/embedded/stages/>
works as a glibc replacement.

Dietlibc shared libraries are very much experimental too. But using it to
compile static binaries is quite reliable in my experience.
<http://fefe.de/dietlibc/>

> How using other *libc will affect server performance (this is most important
> question here)?

YMMV, using dietlibc and uClibc only makes sense with embedded setups

>
> Any problems because of not using glibc?
>
> Is anybody has real server based on non-glibc?
>

Good luck :-)

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