c/linuxquestions · by OldWorldOrder@lemmy.world · 3ywhy do most non-gnu distros, like chimera and major BSD variants, use elftoolchain instead of the LLVM tools? Often the LLVM tools (llvm-ar, llvm-strip, etc) are already installed by default, so why include 2 sets of binary utilities? 1 points · 2 comments · view on lemmy.world
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possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 3y
Licensing. They don't believe in copyleft
OldWorldOrder@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
But they're already using clang/llvm, so they already need to comply with the license. Some like FreeBSD already have the llvm tools installed alongside elftoolchain
Rustmilian@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y