Bug#325600: libc6.1: Threads remain <defunct> on Alpha with libc6. 2.3.5-4

[Thomas Evans <tom@23palmer.net>]

When you state "Upstream already moved to NPTL", do you mean the mainline libc 
development, or do youe mean that Debian/alpha libc is moving to NPTL?

Thanks,

...tom

On Monday 29 August 2005 08:23 pm, GOTO Masanori wrote:
> At Mon, 29 Aug 2005 13:18:01 -0400,
>
> Thomas Evans wrote:
> > Threads that have properly called pthread_detach() and pthread_exit()
> > are not being cleaned up and remain in the process list as <defunct>
> > until the parent exits.
> >
> > This does not occur on systems running "testing" and has appeared only
> > recently.
>
> This is Linuxthreads/alpha bug.  Currently glibc package don't execute
> test suite for alpha because some tests are stopped due to this kind
> of problem.  Upstream already moved to NPTL - but I expect someone
> looks at this problem.
>
> Regards,
> -- gotom