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Bsdutils: Alternative to GNU coreutils using software from FreeBSD

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Re: Bsdutils: Alternative to GNU coreutils using software from FreeBSD

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matthews2 wrote: post #4
ggm wrote: post #2

Why does it need gnu cc rather than llvm?

It needs a GNU _compatible_ C compiler. You can still use LLVM's Clang.

I'm guessing that it invokes /usr/include which on Linux is probably not neutral to CPP or gnu-isms.

Your point about "compatible" is well made. I should have been clearer.

Wasn't gentoo born as Linux userspace on BSD kernel at one point?

Re: Bsdutils: Alternative to GNU coreutils using software from FreeBSD

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Post by self_awareness »

ggm wrote: post #5
matthews2 wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It needs a GNU _compatible_ C compiler. You can still use LLVM's Clang.

I'm guessing that it invokes /usr/include which on Linux is probably not neutral to CPP or gnu-isms. Your point about "compatible" is well made. I should have been clearer. Wasn't gentoo born as Linux userspace on BSD kernel at one point?

I think Gentoo was always about Linux with BSD-style ports. They had some additional "flavors" that switched Linux to kernels from FreeBSD, NetBSD or OpenBSD, but it seems those alternative Gentoo distros are deprecated for at least a few years already.
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