Prefix/libc

This is a project to support libc inside a Prefix, so called "RAP" (Rap Ain't Prefix). See also Project:Android. A general use case is for Prefix on RHEL 5 (CentOS 5 ans SL 5), where the host glibc-2.5 is too old to support modern features as fortify.

Classical Prefix is based on rpath. The differences are summerized in this table.

Bootstrap Script
Download the Gentoo RAP bootstrap-rap.sh. You can use various ways to obtain the script and get it to a place where you can execute it. Once in position, preform the following commands:

That's all! The script will guide you through the full process, and tells you how to start your freshly bootstrapped Gentoo RAP system if it successfully runs up till the end. In normal cases, you don't need any more than just this.

Tested Distributions
Although having further possibilities, RAP supports Linux distributions only. The following tables tracks the tested distributions with the script.