Piotr Tworek 53081ac6b3 libc: Dont't use local_addr in try/catch block.
The code in Libc::Cloned_malloc_heap_range initializes its local_addr
member variable by calling Region_map::attach_at. This function can
throw Region_conflict exception. The handler for this exception uses the
local_addr to produce an error message. Such error log is IHMO
useless, or even incorrect since the value of local_addr is undefined
in such case.

Its also worth noting that clang 12 produces the following warning for
this code:
  "cannot refer to a non-static member from the handler of a constructor
   function try block"

Issue #3985
2021-01-25 14:00:42 +01:00
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This directory contains ports of popular 3rd-party software to Genode.


Usage
-----

The tool './tool/ports/prepare_port' in the toplevel directory automates the
task of downloading and preparing the library source codes. You can select
individual packages that have to be prepared by specifying their base names
(without the version number) as command-line argument. For example, the
following command prepares both the C library and the Freetype library:
! ./tool/ports/prepare_port libc freetype

To compile and link against 3rd-party libraries of the 'libports' repository,
you have to include the repository into the build process by appending it to the
'REPOSITORIES' declaration of your '<build-dir>/etc/build.conf' file.


Under the hood
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For each library, there is a file contained in the 'libports/ports/'
subdirectory. The file is named after the library and contains the
library-specific rules for downloading the source code and installing header
files.


How does 'libports' relate to the other repositories?
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Most libraries hosted in the 'libports' repository expect a complete C library,
which is provided with the 'libc' package. Please do not forget to prepare the
libc package when using any of the other libports packages. The libc, in turn,
depends on the 'os' repository for its back end. Because the 'os' repository is
the home of the dynamic linker, libraries contained in 'libports' are safe to
assume the presence of the dynamic linker and, thus, should be built as shared
libraries.