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targetRequiresLibC

Returns whether the Zig standard library requires libc in order to interface with the operating system on the given target.

os.targetRequiresLibC

pub fn targetRequiresLibC(target: *const std.Target) bool

File

lib/std/os.zig:14

Code

pub fn targetRequiresLibC(target: *const std.Target) bool {
    if (target.requiresLibC()) return true;
    return switch (target.os.tag) {
        .linux => switch (target.cpu.arch) {
            // https://codeberg.org/ziglang/zig/issues/30943
            .hppa,
            .hppa64,
            => true,
            else => false,
        },
        .freebsd => true, // https://codeberg.org/ziglang/zig/issues/30981
        .netbsd => true, // https://codeberg.org/ziglang/zig/issues/30980
        .openbsd => true, // https://codeberg.org/ziglang/zig/issues/30982
        else => false,
    };
}