Package: gcc-4.1 When linking shared libraries on mips, it turns out that gcc fails to link a shared object when not being given "-lpthread" on the command line. This occurs only on mips, and leads to funny FTBFS bugs as seen in http://buildd.debian.org/fetch.cgi?pkg=xine-lib;ver=1.1.6-2;arch=mips;stamp=1180615925, wheras http://buildd.debian.org/fetch.cgi?pkg=xine-lib;ver=1.1.6-2;arch=amd64;stamp=1180615604 is fine. Thiemo Seufer and me managed to craft a patch against current gcc upstream. Find that patch at: http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2007-06/msg00914.html It would be great if this longstanding bug could be backported to debian's gcc. Find attached a minimal testcase to verify the problem:
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#include <pthread.h>
void *fakethread(void *arg) { return NULL; }
pthread_t fakevariable;
void foo() {
pthread_create(&fakevariable, NULL, &fakethread, NULL);
}
#ifndef LIBRARY
int main() {
foo();
}
#endif
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