detect musl at compile time#94
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What does this PR do?:
If
confstr(_CS_GNU_LIBC_VERSION, NULL, 0)stops producing an error for whatever reason at any time in the future on any musl systems, we would not relocate pointers in the dynamic section correctly. We just don't need to detect musl at runtime, and can continue to rely on separate binaries for each libc for a number of reasons:Given the above, detecting musl at compile time feels like a safer approach.
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