genode/repos/libports
Christian Helmuth cb43e04691 ldso: defer execution of static constructors
Ldso now does not automatically execute static constructors of the
binary and shared libraries the binary depends on. If static
construction is required (e.g., if a shared library with constructor is
used or a compilation unit contains global statics) the component needs
to execute the constructors explicitly in Component::construct() via
Genode::Env::exec_static_constructors().

In the case of libc components this is done by the libc startup code
(i.e., the Component::construct() implementation in the libc).

The loading of shared objects at runtime is not affected by this change
and constructors of those objects are executed immediately.

Fixes #2332
2017-03-24 16:20:04 +01:00
..
doc tool: remove deprecated 'make prepare' mechanism 2016-03-17 17:02:04 +01:00
include libc: socket fcntl flags inheritence 2017-03-24 16:19:55 +01:00
lib libc: add 'max_align_t' type 2017-03-15 13:12:26 +01:00
ports libc: add 'max_align_t' type 2017-03-15 13:12:26 +01:00
run Fix some deprecated warnings 2017-03-24 16:20:03 +01:00
src ldso: defer execution of static constructors 2017-03-24 16:20:04 +01:00
README README update 2016-08-30 17:24:00 +02:00

This directory contains ports of popular 3rd-party software to Genode.


Usage
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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.