Eric Valette wrote:
In fact most distributions do exactly the same as Debian with their default headers and dynamic libraries.So because other distrib mades bad choices, Debian must follow. Good point. I will check and report if this is even true latter on.
That is not even true :1) <http://www.suse.com/en/private/products/suse_linux/prof/packages_professional/glibc-devel.html>
Suze provides both threading in in glibc-devel with I think is coherent. 2) Fedora does the same £%µ than debian 3) Mandrake provide a nptl-devel.So no, your statement is not even true and again, it is not because other distrib make questionnable decision that you should follow...
-- eric