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Re: [PATCH] add ftok() and getenv() functions to the synthetic target
On Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 07:18:24PM +0200, Alexander Neundorf wrote:
> On Thursday 27 October 2005 11:55, Andrew Lunn wrote:
>
> ...
> > So i see no reason why you should not include the packages you need
> > for synth into the build for your target application as well. It will
> > not affect the size of your target application.
>
> Yes, but there will be other headers available under the synthetic
> target than under the real target, so I'll have a different
> environment and won't be able to check whether my software will work
> without CYGPKG_LIBC_STDLIB (which my application might not need). I
> think the functions for accessing resources from the host under the
> synthetic target should be independent from the actual configuration
> for the target.
You are missing the point. It does not matter if your application
needs CYGPKG_LIBC_STDLIB or not. Having the package makes no
difference to the size of the target image. So you might as well have
it in the target build so that the target and the synth system are the
same.
Andrew