Bug#475101: obsolete linuxthreads requirement

[Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>]

On Sat, Jul 03, 2010 at 12:26:40PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
> --- a/policy.sgml
> +++ b/policy.sgml
> @@ -7225,10 +7225,10 @@ INSTALL = install -s # (or use strip on the files in debian/tmp)
>            for C files) will need to be compiled twice, for the normal
>            case. 
>          </p>
> +
>  	<p>
> -	  You must specify the gcc option <tt>-D_REENTRANT</tt>
> -	  when building a library (either static or shared) to make
> -	  the library compatible with LinuxThreads.
> +	  Libraries should be built with threading support and to be
> +	  thread-safe if the library supports this.
>  	</p>
>  
>          <p>

Seconded.


Kurt