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diff --git a/doc/design/assistant/android.mdwn b/doc/design/assistant/android.mdwn index 90dc55179..f2711a479 100644 --- a/doc/design/assistant/android.mdwn +++ b/doc/design/assistant/android.mdwn @@ -14,6 +14,18 @@ available in the App Store. * git (not all git commands are needed, but core plumbing and a few like `git-add` are.) +## GHC Android? + +Android's native SDK does not use glibc. GHC's runtime links with glibc. +This could be an enormous problem. Other people want to see GHC able to +target Android, of course, so someone may solve it before I get stuck on +it. + +References: + +* <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5151858/running-a-haskell-program-on-the-android-os> +* <http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/ful84/haskell_on_android/> + ### Android specific features The app should be aware of power status, and avoid expensive background @@ -57,8 +69,6 @@ version git-annex dependend upon existing on the phone. (Maybe the phone would have to be always considered an untrusted repo, which probably makes sense anyway.) -Problem: - #### crazy `LD_PRELOAD` wrapper Need I say more? (Also, Android's linker may not even support it.) |