Re: mntent.h problem
> D> Unfortunately, many of these broken programs need to be patched
> D> before they will work with the new malloc. Personally, since we
> D> are hopefully going into beta testing soon, I'd prefer to wait a
> D> little while before switching to libc 5.3.x.
>
> I'd say that if very many of our packages would be affected (and
> there's probably no way to know), hold off on putting it in the devel
> tree until we make it the stable tree, but you might consider making
> the new version available somewhere else to people who want to try it
> out.
You're right. I got sidetracked when I was composing my message.
When I got back to it, I was in a hurry to finish and leave the office
and I forgot to suggest the experimental directory as a good place for
it for the time being.
> Do you know if the new libc includes the newer pthreads?
I don't know. The release notes says it's 1.60 beta4.
David
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