Implementation of execinfo ?

Mike Frysinger vapier at gentoo.org
Thu Dec 15 14:40:55 UTC 2005


On Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 04:34:56PM +0530, Kishore K wrote:
> On 12/14/05, Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo.org> wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 08:55:07PM +0100, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> > > I am cross-compiling a package that does a reference to the functions
> > > declared in execinfo.h. But unfortunately, this file seems to part of
> > > the libc.
> > >
> > > Is there such an implementation in uClibc ?
> >
> > no, the backtrace functions are not implemented in uClibc
> 
> May I know, if there is any specific reason for not implementing this
> feature. If any of you can guide me, I am willing to work on this.

because they're a glibcism and no one has really cared to add support
for them

if we've gotten by this long without the functions, then they're
clearly not a requirement for smooth running
-mike



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