Re: uptime (coreutils)

[Thomas Bushnell, BSG]

Roland McGrath <roland@frob.com> writes:

> > > We probably could have a libhurd.
> > 
> > Eek, no.  libc.
> 
> I think it eases life all around not to throw new things into libc.
> libutil perhaps.  Other new libraries that have OS-independent interface
> are fine too.  For new interfaces that will be Hurd-specific, some lib in
> the hurd tree is the right thing.

Well, libc should be the standard library for user programs on the
Hurd.  That is, a GNU/Hurd system should have one standard library:
libc.  

We specifically chose *not* to have a generic "Hurd" library, because
libc already *is* the generic Hurd library.  libshouldbeinlibc is a
good place for things where the interface might change and we aren't
sure how it will develop.  Once we are quite certain it's stable, then
a function there should be migrated into libc.