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Steam does not support any libc different than GLIBC

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#5263 · opened 2017-11-28 by Uramekus · updated 2021-11-02 · 2 comments · github
UUramekus 2017-11-28 github

Description:
As said, steam does not support any libc different than glibc, this is bad because libcs like https://www.musl-libc.org/ are MIT licensed and could easily be statically linked on games and avoid licensing/legal problems, this actually adds a need to do a chroot on a musl-based system, which needs to include all of its glibc dependencies and counterparts inside the chroot.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2020-04-17 github

Hello @Uramekus, realistically this isn't going to happen because it would break compatibility with the video drivers on all major distros, and almost all native game builds already on Steam, which makes this request a non-starter.

?ghost 2021-11-02 github

@kisak-valve what do you mean by "break compatibility with the video drivers" ? Could give an example?

I know this is old, but I was just wondering.

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