Bug#246689: PPC libc6 should be built with TLS and NPTL
On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 10:13:32AM +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> Package: libc6
> Version: 2.3.2.ds1-12
> Severity: normal
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> TLS and NPTL have been available for PPC for a year at least now and
> other distros are using them without trouble. Only a few libs need
> updating and it's backward compatible. Why are we stuck to libpthread
> on PPC ? Especially in unstable....
As I've explained to a lot of people now, because our GCC 3.3 does not
support TLS.
We can not switch until we're ready to make changes to the default
compiler, which would be inappropriate in this stage of the release
process. I think.
--
Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer
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