[vox] libc6

Micah J. Cowan vox@lists.lugod.org
Thu, 24 Apr 2003 11:22:14 -0700


On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 11:00:10AM -0700, ME wrote:
> > begin ME <dugan@passwall.com>
> >> Doesn't Darwin offer gcc/g++ and associated libs?
> >>
> >> HURD?
> >
> > not sure about darwin.  to be honest, i'm not entirely sure what darwin
> > is.  i thought it had something to do with macos X.
> 
> Yep, based on *BSD, but Apple provides gcc/g++ and other gnu libs for it
> for users. I *think* Darwin is is sorta, kinda opensource version of the
> non-gui part of OS X.

Not sorta. Last I heard, Darwin's license is officially Free(TM).

>I dont know if they are on libc6 or not.

I'm pretty sure they use a BSD-based libc.

-Micah