Hello Josef (and Emery, who responded similarly in another mail), > At least 'getpwnam' got implemented by [1] but you need to configure the > libc (please look at the run script included in the commit). Most of the > time the user account/identity functions that are used to check various > properties in a multi-user system (e.g. to drop priviledges or check for > running as root) are of no concern on Genode - after all there is just a > single user and the seperation is done at another layer, not the libc. > You might have to check what your program expects and how, if necessary, > to adapt it.
You're right. It was indeed used to check for running as root and drop privileges. Since this is not necessary within the Genode context, I think I'll patch the third-party code to remove these checks. This may be the easiest solution and I think it makes sense as well. > > Also, what does the warning about exec_static_constructors() mean? > > > > […] > > Ported software might depend on calling static constructors but we > have to make sure to execute the functions at the proper time, i.e., > after the component's environment has been completely initialized. For > now we do that for every libc based component unconditionally. The > dynamic run-time linker, however, will print this diagnostic message in > case the binary does not have any static constructors that need to be > executed. Ah, thanks for explaining. So I can safely ignore this warning then, which Emery also confirmed :-) Kind regards, Wouter _______________________________________________ Genode users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.genode.org/listinfo/users
