Subject: Re: CVS commit: src
To: Klaus Klein <kleink@reziprozitaet.de>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: source-changes
Date: 02/17/2003 11:29:42
Klaus Klein <kleink@reziprozitaet.de> writes:
> "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com> writes:
> 
> > If they're kernel calls, shouldn't they be in libc with all the other
> > kernel calls? Is librt a POSIX mandated thing?
> 
> [Realtime option interfaces] _may_ be made available by an
> implementation's default linker operation, but a portable application
> must not rely on this.

So what is the argument for having it in a separate library when POSIX
does not mandate that? Do Solaris and Linux use a librt?

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Perry E. Metzger		perry@piermont.com