Should libc/locale/lnumeric.c be in GENERAL_SOURCES (EL/IX level 1)?

[Corinna Vinschen]

On Aug 20 08:29, Joel Sherrill wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 20, 2021 at 3:32 AM Corinna Vinschen <vinschen@redhat.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Aug 19 17:26, Roger Sayle wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > I believe that newlib/libc/locale/Makefile.am should place lnumeric.c
> > >
> > > in GENERAL_SOURCES [EL/IX level 1].  The motivation for doing this is
> > >
> > > that both stdlib/strtod.c and stdlib/gdtoa-gethex.c unconditionally
> > >
> > > call __get_numeric_locale, and they themselves are in GENERAL_SOURCES
> > >
> > > (i.e. EL/IX level 1).
> 
> The FACE Technical Standard (https://opengroup.org/face) has four POSIX profiles
> which were designed with security and avionics certification in mind has no
> locale support in the lowest three profiles and only limited support
> in the largest
> profile.
> 
> The Software Communications Architecture (SCA) has a few profiles and targets
> software defined radios
> (https://sds.wirelessinnovation.org/history-of-the-sca). It
> does not include any locale support. The intended users would likely also be
> subject to security audits.
> 
> With that background, making locale as optional as possible is a good idea for
> footprint both in code size and what might need to be audited. I'm happy with
> the patch.

Pushed.


Thanks,
Corinna