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When the Zig compiler is statically linked, it inspects the /usr/bin/env ELF file to determine the native glibc version, by checking the DT_RUNPATH, and then calling readlink() on the libc.so file, because typically the symlink will have e.g. libc-2.33.so in the name, revealing the glibc version. Fortunately, this information is also in readlink() of ld.so, which is available as the "INTERP" file path. This commit looks for e.g. `ld-2.33.so` on the symlink data for the dynamic linker. In theory a more complete solution would also look at `/etc/ld.so.cache` if necessary, and finally fall back to some hard coded paths, in order to resolve the location of libc.so, in order to do this readlink() trick on the resulting path. You can find that flow chart with `man ld.so`. But I think this logic will be enough to get a correct answer in all real world cases. This has been tested on Debian Buster and glibc-based Void Linux. Fixes #6469
A general-purpose programming language and toolchain for maintaining robust, optimal, and reusable software.
Resources
- Introduction
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- Chapter 0 - Getting Started | ZigLearn.org
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- download a pre-built binary
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License
The ultimate goal of the Zig project is to serve users. As a first-order effect, this means users of the compiler, helping programmers to write better software. Even more important, however, are the end-users.
Zig is intended to be used to help end-users accomplish their goals. Zig should be used to empower end-users, never to exploit them financially, or to limit their freedom to interact with hardware or software in any way.
However, such problems are best solved with social norms, not with software licenses. Any attempt to complicate the software license of Zig would risk compromising the value Zig provides.
Therefore, Zig is available under the MIT (Expat) License, and comes with a humble request: use it to make software better serve the needs of end-users.
This project redistributes code from other projects, some of which have other licenses besides MIT. Such licenses are generally similar to the MIT license for practical purposes. See the subdirectories and files inside lib/ for more details.